"Pissing contest with a skunk"

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PISSING CONTEST + SKUNK--923 Google hits
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(GOOGLE NEWS)
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_Clemens, Pettitte deny drug accusations_ 
(http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bb/4227802.html) 
Houston Chronicle, United States -   <NOBR>Oc
... “Listen, listen,” he  said. “Last thing I’ll say about this: My momma 
said never to get in a  pissing contest with a skunk. It’s as simple as that.”
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Greetings from Texas, where it was 94 degrees this Yom Kippur. My movers  
arrive tomorrow, Sears brings the washer and dryer tomorrow, and the car guy  
also comes tomorrow. The Time-Warner cable guy arrives on Saturday. (This  
wireless internet is not great.)
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The above colorful quote by Houston Astros pitcher Roger Clemens made  the 
news today. I can't open up any database.
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(GOOGLE BOOKS)
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_The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Cold War - Page  146_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0028642465&id=TeSwjppr4zcC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq="pissing+co
ntest"+and+skunk&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=v0kdeojCrtuNZwLpGJUZX3Rx19Q) 
by Robert T Mann - History - 2002 - 384 pages
... into a pissing contest  with that skunk.” As the most respected American 
of 
his time, the  victor of World War II, and a man with unassailable 
credentials ...
Limited preview - _Table of Contents_ 
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859-1&sig=t_TeeyY3FyUrF9SG8VpPygn8jCM)  - _Index_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0028642465&id=TeSwjppr4zcC&printsec=index&dq="pissing+contest"+and+
skunk&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=exqqrH6XSTOwQpIJxdcDsjUZHmA)  - _About this book_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0028642465&id=TeSwjppr4zcC&dq="pissing+cont
est"+and+skunk&ie=ISO-8859-1) 
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_Judicial Decision Making: Is Psychology Relevant? - Page  107_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0306461544&id=KSIRsGidsEYC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq="pis
sing+contest"+and+skunk&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=qoRhrHuea789-So3Ol3pip7djhw) 
by Lawrence S.  Wrightsman - Political Science - 1999 - 252 pages
Powell's  clerk suggested a rebuke, to which Powell responded: ‘It's no time 
to 
get  into a pissing contest with a skunk' (p. 42). Justice Scalia, in  
dissents ...
Limited  preview - _Table of Contents_ 
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8859-1&sig=ZnpudRqyv7YzbD4-gxsWmeDjF0Y)  - _First page_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0306461544&id=KSIRsGidsEYC&printsec=firstchapter&dq="pissing+
contest"+and+skunk&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=tySb77Zn8DDxMQIVlW5gijMCa3Q)  - _Index_ 
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x&dq="pissing+contest"+and+skunk&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=OXE-oyxQ9qtCMMd09JalvRSDnUY
)  - _About this book_ 
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_Protect Yourself Online: How to Cover Your Assets Every  Time You Log on - 
Page 82_ 
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OuGyHryJFU) 
by  David Chappelle - 2003 -  103 pages
In the words of Aristotle Onassis, "It is unwise to enter a  pissing contest 
with 
a skunk." Internet Doesn't Forget You may  post a nasty message in anger, ...
Limited preview - _Table of Contents_ 
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859-1&sig=QrTLa-SpqYn3BghnmVoYsbtwneg)  - _About this book_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1412002982&id=t5n9V98MBaUC&dq="pissing+contest"+and+skunk
&ie=ISO-8859-1) 
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_American Presidents' Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations -  Page 105_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0486424693&id=T2k6k9ds5DEC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105
&dq="pissing+contest"+and+skunk&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=iJfQdizsXWfPvTDfp_eOl9BaDWo)
 
edited by Joslyn  Pine - Political Science -  2002 - 144 pages
[on Senator Joe McCarthy]  I just won't get into a pissing contest with that 
skunk.  ...
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=0ebIJx1AXdaqfEYopekUvHi42Eg)  - _About this book_ 
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