Whiz (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Wilson Gray]

All of those noted are new to me. Otherwise, there's, "The first hen
that cackles laid the egg." (For those not acquainted with chicken
yards, this is a fact. The cackling of one hen will cause the others
to cackle. But, of course, the hen that actually laid the egg will be
the first one to cackle.)

-Wilson

On 9/26/07, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> In my experience, "rip" is more common than either "blow", "deal" or
> "lay".
> The only use of "deal" in this context that I'm familiar with is "the
> fellow that smelt it is the fellow that dealt it".
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> > Yes, "cut" is definitely the "verb of choice" for a fart (cf.
> > "cut the cheese")--but alternatives do exist: "blow," "deal,"
> > "lay," and the Chaucerian "let flee," for example.
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> > --Charlie
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> > >Interesting that the verb of choice for "a fart" is "to cut."
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