Taking candy from a baby

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Apr 1, 2010, at 6:47 AM, Larry Horn wrote:

> At 12:59 AM -0400 4/1/10, Neal Whitman wrote:
>> My blog post on the nautical, acronymic origin of the expression
>> "taking
>> candy from a baby":
>> http://literalminded.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/taking-candy-from-a-baby/
>>
>> Neal Whitman
>> Email: nwhitman at ameritech.net
>> Blog: http://literalminded.wordpress.com
>>
> And I notice that you waited until just after midnight at the end of
> 3/31 to post it...

and on Language Log, i've posted a bulletin from the Association for
Psychological Science:

AZ, 4/1/10: Silent no longer:
  http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2225

arnold

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