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

[Neal Whitman]

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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