Cooling my heels

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've said this on occasion, and recently too.  Nobody questioned it.

JL

Marsha Alley <marshaalley at MSN.COM> wrote:
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I said this to a customer today and he said he'd never heard it before. =
Come to think of it, I don't think I've heard anyone else say it since =
my family died off. Any feedback from all y'all? (Sorry, couldn't =
resist.)

Marsha

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