Stemming the Rose????

[The Bondsman]

With reference to THOSE two Wyoming cowboys, (or should that be sheep-herders), who found a lot more up on Brokeback Mountain than grazing land, ......and who DON'T wear underwear apparently, (DAMN), ...can anybody enlighten an Aussie who obviously doesn't speak American as to the actual meaning and derivation of the phrase "stemming the rose"?
As in when the sheep owner says to Jack Twist something like "You two were paid to be watching the sheep up there, not stemming the rose"!
Now I think I've got the general gist of what he meant, but is this a commonly used expression? What exactly does it mean? And how does it describe the act? :confused:

[tangaguyuk]

Think it's self evident, and was probably not in use prior to the film.

Stemming - putting a stem in (by inserting an erect cock)

Rose - anus (rosebud)

That's pretty much it - not much to add really. I didn't get it when I saw the film - my wife had to explain it to me afterwards(!)

[Nick]

I didn't get it when I saw the film - my wife had to explain it to me afterwards(!)



:D :eek: :eek: :eek: :p :p

[SweatyAussie]

I must have missed the reference to "stemming the rose", though I remember the dialogue you are referring to.
Something I didn't miss (and I imagine a lot of people did) was much later on when Jack is at a rodeo sitting at the bar, and automatically turns his head to watch two cowboy male arses go by. Whereupon the barman says "Ever tried any cow-poking?"