_Kiss my grits!_ = "Kiss my ass!," by a writer for The Family Guy

[Dave Hause]

Probably not between the toes - breeding lice attach their eggs to hair
shafts, which are pretty sarse between most people's toes.
Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
Waynesville, MO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>


At 1:37 PM +0000 5/31/11, Charles C Doyle wrote:
>Back in 1974, an aritcle by W. R. Higginbotham, "The Real Nitty
>Gritty," _American Speech_ 49:90-101, suggested anal implications of
>"gritty" in the phrase "nitty gritty" ("nitty" referring to louse
>eggs).
>
>Perhaps (slightly) relevant to "Kiss my grits"?
>
>--Charlie

FWIW (probably not much, although it gets 80 thumbs up), an
urbandictionary poster claims parenthetically that the grits to be
kissed "are located between the toes".

Another suitable place for the breeding of louse eggs, perhaps,
although between-the-toes may or may not qualify as a place where the
sun don't shine, depending on the outfit.

LH

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