does and is

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Feb 24 04:06:59 UTC 2011


At 10:37 PM -0500 2/23/11, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>Wouldn't that depend on how hard the horse is rocking?
>
>     VS-)

Seems like it would depend on whether it's a rocking stallion,
gelding, mare, or filly.

LH

>
>On 2/23/2011 5:52 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>Actually, it was probably "rocking horse."
>>
>>JL
>>
>>On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Jonathan
>>Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>The one I heard in 1975 was "Does a hobby horse have a wooden dick?"
>>>
>>>I guess it depends on the manufacturer.
>>>
>>>JL
>>>
>>>On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:14 PM, David A. Daniel<dad at pokerwiz.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>Does Superman wear blue pajamas?
>>>>Does Pinocchio have a wooden dick?
>>>>Does a one-legged duck swim in a circle?
>
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