Toward more picturesque Congressional speech

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:02 AM -0500 3/2/09, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>HDAS I naturally includes, s.v. "ass," the disapprobatory phrase "You
>couldn't find your ass with both hands."

And the real irony is when you finally do find it, you can't tell it
from a hole in the ground.

LH

>Cf.:
>
>2009 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/05/sec-overmatched/ (Feb.
>5):
>
>Rep. Gary L. Ackerman, a New York Democrat whose district includes a large
>number of Madoff investors, said he was "frustrated beyond belief."
>
>"You've told us nothing today, and I believe that was your intention," he
>said, repeatedly interrupting the regulators as they tried to answer his
>questions. "You couldn't find your backsides with two hands with the lights
>on."
>
>JL
>
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