"This is the proverbial pot that we have to shit or get off of."

[Neal Whitman]

Now on the blog:
http://literalminded.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/the-pot-that-we-have-to-get-off-of/

Neal

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From: "Neal Whitman" <nwhitman at AMERITECH.NET>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: "This is the proverbial pot that we have to shit or get off
of." [NT]


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>              of." [NT]
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> Nice ... A grammatical violation of the Coordinate Structure Constraint,
> with "or" as the conjunction. Usually examples have "and" as in "how many
> beers can I drink and not get drunk?" Another "or" example ive found is
> "songs you have to play or the audience gets mad."
>
> Neal Whitman
>
> On Jun 19, 2011, at 2:30 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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