shkeevy; bubbies; more!

[Jonathan Lighter]

Sorry. I read it three times over before I noticed the absent indefinite
article.

"...in a candy shop."

JL

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
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> > Two final housewifisms:
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> > I am like a bull in candy shop! [i.e., can be formidable, or violent if
> > necessary]
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> Not "china shop", hmm. And ... is Russian housewife, or is typo, or is some
> other reason?
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