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

[Laurence Horn]

At 5:00 PM -0400 7/19/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Actually, what Ron says merely "overdetermines"  the idea that once you put
>a chimney-sweep into a chimney, sex must result.
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>The details don't matter: cleaning a chimney is the same as *******.
>
>Try it and see!
>
>JL

This thread reminds us to be wary of sweeping conclusions.

LH

>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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