more on early "jeeps"

[Laurence Horn]

On Dec 8, 2011, at 2:15 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>> (1) Was the military yardbird basically likened to a domestic bird
>> (policing the camp for butts etc. like a pecking chicken), or what?
>>
>
> Could be. I have no idea, though I'm well-acquainted with "post
> police." ["Start bendin' 'n' pickin'! I don' wanna to see nothin' but
> assholes 'n' elbows!"]

And so much worse for anyone who can't tell the one from the other.

LH

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