on the excretory practices of American eagles

[Wilson Gray]

It was stil payday in the Army in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

-Wilson

On 1/26/07, Jerome Foster <funex79 at charter.net> wrote:
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> When the eagle shits was payday in the army in ww2...jfoster
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> From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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> > Today, my wife reports, a rather obnoxious hard-sell woman in charge
> > of the showroom at a kitchen installation place here in Hamden, CT
> > tried to assure her that (despite all the high-end options they were
> > pushing) their operation really *is* concerned about keeping costs
> > within reason.  "We know how to give you the most bang for your
> > buck", she promised. "We're gonna squeeze the eagle until it poops."
> > This was a new one on my wife (who wasn't particularly taken with the
> > metaphor) and a new one one me too, although I'm familiar with the
> > couplet from "Nobody knows you when you're down and out", the classic
> > Depression era song (by Yip Harburg?) recorded by everyone from
> > Bessie Smith to Eric Clapton--
> >
> > "If I ever get my hands on a dollar again,
> > I'm gonna squeeze it till the eagle grins".
> >
> > But is the pooping version extant outside this particular kitchen
> > store?  And do those E Pluribus eagles engage in other activities
> > when squeezed in other parts of the country?
> >
> > LH
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