"food for..."

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thanks, Page.  It just sounded too real to be a slip of the tongue, though of course it  makes absolutely no sense.  It reminded me almost immediately of people who say, "till it becomes second hand," when they mean "second nature."

  JL

"hpst at earthlink.net" <hpst at EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
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JL,

I don't know about you but "food for fodder" is a phrase I have known at
least, trying to be accurate, more than 55 years ie. since I am able to
remember almost anything.

I do not know where Gretchen who used to be an anchor woman - note the
usage - in Cleveland grew up but I learned it in southern Illinois where it
was used all the time.

Page Stephens

> [Original Message]
> From: Jonathan Lighter
> To:
> Date: 11/3/2006 8:11:02 AM
> Subject: [ADS-L] "food for..."
>
> Gretchen Carlson, Fox News anchor and Miss America 1989, says that
pre-election polls are not the same as actual election results, but are
interesting to talk about because they're "food for fodder."
>
> Zero Googlits, but I wonder. GC is from Minnesota.
>
> JL
>
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