more fan-hitting

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/11/2008 01:04 PM, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>Sewer fees hit the fan for some Mandarin residents.
>www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100408/ner_339585310.shtml
>
>ARM Resets to Hit the Fan in 2008
>seekingalpha.com/article/55234-arm-resets-to-hit-the-fan-in-2008-wsj
>
>...
>
>Sewer-rate hike could hit the fan. City Councilor Alan Kazanjian says
>now is not the time for a city sewer-rate increase.
>www.topix.com/forum/news/weather/TMBBQH05GU5H9DAF
>
>economic usages and sewer-related usages seem to predominate.

The latter is not too surprising, I suppose.  But as Arnold certainly
has observed (but not said), the first is surely a misprint for "feces".

Joel
(Just kidding about the misprint, of course.)

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