"get ones ashes hauled", and sweeping ones (or someones) chimney

[Jonathan Lighter]

Actually, what Ron says merely "overdetermines"  the idea that once you put
a chimney-sweep into a chimney, sex must result.

The details don't matter: cleaning a chimney is the same as *******.

Try it and see!

JL

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Ronald Butters <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:

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> Coitus, as I understand it, does not involve placing the cranium inside a
> dark, narrow place. Freud had a daughter. He must have figured this out.
> even if linguists haven't.
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> A chimney sweep sweeps chimneys. Chimneys are like penises. The
> chimney-sweep humps away and eventully ejects the hot contents of the big,
> hard, long chimney--to the delight of the owners of the house.
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> This is why I have an all-electric home.
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