Re: [ADS-L] Toward more picturesque Congressional speech

RonButters at AOL.COM RonButters at AOL.COM
Mon Mar 2 18:08:44 UTC 2009


He could find it if he used his head.

In a message dated 3/2/09 10:34:07 AM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:


> 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
>




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