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- From: meachem@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Meach)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Excrement in the English Language
- Message-ID: <BzMp6v.77n@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 21:32:54 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.194237.2190@hplabsz.hpl.hp.com> <BzKpE5.Bz0@techbook.com> <8048@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
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- In article <8048@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM writes:
- >>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!)
-
- Must admit. . . I'm kinda wondering myself!
-
- >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!
-
- Actually, this simply refers to the fact that feedlots [where cattle/horse/pig
- feed is stored/sold] are full of grains, and therefore *mice*. . .
-
- --jm
-