throwing up my socks--(basic question)

[sagehen]

on 5/23/08 8:31 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard at gcohen at MST.EDU wrote:

> I don't understand the literal reference behind this expression.  How does one
> throw up one's socks?
>
> Gerald Cohen
>
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Literal?  Who needs literal?   I infer from your question that you have
never been seriously seasick!
AM

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