strip "pididdle," anyone?

[Baker, John]

        From OED:

        >>1879 in G. Legman Limerick (1979) 131 There was a young man from Toulouse Who thought he would diddle a goose.<<

He hunted and bunted To get the thing cunted, But decided it wasn't no use.

        >> 1960 WENTWORTH & FLEXNER Dict. Amer. Slang 146/2 There was a man from Racine Who invented a diddling machine; Both concave and convex, It could fit either sex. <<

But was it a bastard to clean!

or

And could play with itself in between.

John Baker

> -----Original Message-----
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>       Aside to Jesse---is the OED in the habit of quoting the opening lines
> of limericks
>       without quoting the punchline?  e.g.
>       "There was a young man from Toulouse/Who thought he would diddle a
> goose..."
>
>