rat's tale

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/6/2010 02:16 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:

>"Ratatouille" is one rat's tale. There are plenty more. Here are a few from
>the first dozen or so of Google(/"rat-tale" -Ratatouille/):

I merely liked the parallel "t-l"of my two.

Joel


>STRICTLY OBSERVING: Rat tale
>Having recently read the children’s chapter book, Wilhelmina Under the
>Stairs, I was very impressed by its old-fashioned tone, which is reminiscent
>of the imaginative tales I can remember my primary school teachers reading
>to me. ...
>Wilhelmina Under the Stairs revolves around its title character, a rat who
>has lived her entire life within the confines of the peaceful, secure banks
>of the Maury River.
>www.swvatoday.com/living/article/strictly...rat_tale/7795/ -
>
>"Murphy Brown" A Rat's Tale (1995)
>Directed by Alan Rafkin. With Candice Bergen, Pat Corley, Grant Shaud. Visit
>IMDb for Photos, Showtimes, Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, ...
>www.imdb.com/title/tt0653713/
>
>A Rat's Tale | Feature | Chicago Reader
>Eugene Hawes told a story that put three men in jail for five and a half
>years. Two other people remain in prison. Hawes told a story about them too.
>www.chicagoreader.com › News & Commentary
>
>The Roof Rat's Tale
>Roof Rats: rats, contributions, roof rat song, roof rat memorial.
>members.cox.net/snewberry5/
>
>Rat Tale for Rat Zapper Mouse and Rat Trap
>           [THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO "TATTLETALE", AS WELL AS
>            "rat tail" FOR THE "LONG WIRE CONNECTION" SUBSENSE.  M A M]
>The Rat Tale or rat tail is an accessory for the Rat Zapper rat and mouse
>trap system.
>The Rat Tale lets you know when you need to empty the Rat Zapper with a
>blinking red light.
>The 12 foot cord makes it easy to check the Rat Zapper in the attic, false
>ceilings, under stairwells, and other difficult to reach places.
>www.pestproducts.com/rattale.htm -
>
>m a m
>
>On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> > At 9/5/2010 06:51 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
> >
> > >rgh:
> > >
> > >"rat-tale" -"rat's tale" -cody -zapper -"suite life"
> > >(with exclusions for a couple of obvious multi-hit irrelevancies in the
> > >first 50)
> > >14,500
> > >Where I could tell from the snippets, the first snippets all seem to be
> > >"tales", i.e. stories, of one kind or other.
> > >
> > >"rat tail"
> > >376,000
> > >
> > >The tails have it.
> >
> > The rat's tale is "Ratatouille".
> >
> > Joel
> >
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