"Uglier than a hat full of ass"

[Wilson Gray]

Well, not really. It's a whole lot of colored folks who use these.
Well, probably not nearly as many as there used to be. My childhood
friends have been dying off since 1986. The saying featuring Sammy
Davis, Jr. is probably on  the way out as people who know what he
looked like die off.

-Wilson

On 9/8/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Wilson, a Google search indicates with a rather high level of probability that
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>   YOU ARE THE ONLY EARTHMAN TO USE THESE PHRASES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>   Your response, please.
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>   JL
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> Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Does anyone have an opinion / intuition as to whether that's as ugly
> as sheep shit in shallow water? However, IMO, a hatful of ass is
> undoubtedly uglier than Sammy Davis, Jr. eating Chinese mustard.
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> -Wilson
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> Everybody says, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange
> complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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> --Sam Clemens
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-Wilson
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Everybody says, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange
complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

--Sam Clemens

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