Half a pair of buttoxes

[Wilson Gray]

Q. How did the Little Moron get on the streetcar free?

A. He said, "My middle name is 'Crime' and crime does not pay."

When I was a pre-adolescent, I considered that to be the funniest joke
that I had ever heard. The next time that I laughed so hard, it was
about 35 years later and I was stoned out of my mind.

-Wilson

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Dennis R. Preston <preston at msu.edu> wrote:
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>  Why go for them French guys when there are good examples in AmerEng?
>  If you are as old as me Or close to it), you will remember the
>  politically incorrect "Little Moron" jokes. One went like this:
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>  Q: Why did the Little Moron saw his toilet seat in two?
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>  A: 'Cause he heard his half-assed relatives were coming to town.
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>  Sigh! Our lost humor.
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>  >Why, yes.  Did you think my proscriptivist decrees arbitrary?
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>  >   JL
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>  >Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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>  >Like that character in _Candide_.
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>  >--Charlie
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>  >>Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:46:15 -0800
>  >>From: Jonathan Lighter
>  >>Subject: Re: crunk
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>  >>  And Grant, won't you help us protect the precision of our English
>  >>language by restricting the use of "half-assed" to describe persons
>  >>having but one buttox?
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>  >>  JL
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