nitty-gritty

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> "_Nittygritty is the state of a naked unwashed slave_ so is now considered politically     > incorrect and racist."

I BIN knowing this! [No, I'm not being serious, only facetious. That
claim is nonsense.]
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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