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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!caen!uflorida!elm.circa.ufl.edu!djohns
  2. From: djohns@elm.circa.ufl.edu (David A. Johns)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: Excrement in the English Language
  5. Keywords: scatology, slang
  6. Message-ID: <38049@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
  7. Date: 26 Dec 92 14:30:20 GMT
  8. References: <1992Dec19.025154.26253@news2.cis.umn.edu> <BzM6px.Dyo@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> <1992Dec21.192905.22541@news2.cis.umn.edu>
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  10. Organization: University of Florida, Gainesville
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  14. In article <1992Dec21.192905.22541@news2.cis.umn.edu> charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Charles Geyer) writes:
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  16. # In article <BzM6px.Dyo@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk
  17. # (David Morning) writes:
  18. # >charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Charles Geyer) writes:
  19. # >
  20. # >>And the old Army saying
  21. # >
  22. # >>   Shit flows downhill.
  23. # >
  24. # >Must be some diet they have in the US army.
  25. # >
  26. # >Prunes, rhubarb and baked beans all washed down with a couple
  27. # >of pints of Guinness?
  28. # >:-)
  29. #
  30. # "downhill" means down the chain of command.
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  32. Aha!  The origin of the "trickle-down" theory!
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  34. David Johns
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