to bogart

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Tue Jul 14 18:17:42 UTC 2009


At 7/13/2009 05:31 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

>"And should a monkey insist on bogarting its millipede, the other
>monkey simply rubs its body against the anointed one's fur to ick up
>some stray secretions."

I just noticed this while deleting old mail.  "ick" up should be "pick" up.

Eggcorn?  Freudian-like slip?

Joel

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