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[Wilson Gray]

RTFM, Regina.

On 5/15/06, Regina Clemens Fox <excelsus1 at prodigy.net> wrote:
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> Subject: "Opinions/Excuses are like noses/asses..." (1928, 1973)
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> More on this "everybody's got one" formation. A form of the nose proverb
> appears to be pre-1920. In the 1960s or 1970s, it appears, that got
> changed to
> "rear ends" or "asses."
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> _SLOGANS ARE LIKE BADGES AT HOUSTON; EVERYBODY HAS ONE_
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> Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Jun 28, 1928. p. 2 (1
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> _Butkus didn't play as if on last leg_
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> Don Pierson. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file). Chicago, Ill.: Sep 17,
> 1973. p. C1 (1 page)
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> "Hot tips are like rear ends; everybody has one."
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> _So Help Me_
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> JOHN HALL. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Oct
> 15, 1980. p. F3 (1 page)
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> Lasorda says it this way: "Everybody has an opinion and a nose"...Reggie
> Jackson says it: "Opinions are like noses. Everybody has one."
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> _Sutcliffe will rain on Mets; Cubs _
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> Fred Mitchell. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file). Chicago, Ill.: Sep 14,
> 1984. p. D1 (2 pages)
> First page:
> "Excuses are like rear ends. Everybody's got one," Sutcliffe said,
> shooting
> from the hip as always.
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