"devil his do"!

[Mark Mandel]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Alison Murie <sagehen7470 at att.net> wrote:
> In an article in /Perspective,/ about the last-minute regulations
> contemplated by the outgoing administration, Kevin Berends  wrote:
> "This is where we need
> to give the devil his do. "
> (Just faintly reminiscent of Papa Bush being coy.)
> AM

Sounds painful for the barber!

   "I bet Old Nick just looked at her, and scratched his scorching hair"
   (http://www.echoschildren.org/CDlyrics/SpottedGoat.html)

m a m

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