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- From: briand@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Brian D Diehm)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Excrement in the English Language
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 19:33:48 GMT
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- >This is based on the mistaken notion that whale excrement settles to the
- >bottom of the ocean.
- >
- >Dan Tilque -- dant@techbook.com
-
- Oh good, a *really* new topic. Tell us, Dan, where *DOES* whale shit go?
-
- (Seriously, I am now curious!)
-
- -Brian
-
- Ob ref to other english usage: In the book Texas Crude, the author mentions
- an expression "busier than a cat in a feedlot." This refers, apparently, to
- the fact that a cat would use all nine lives eating all that shit. Does this
- have something to do with a shit-eating grin? Beats me!
-
- -Brian
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