nail that Jell-O

[Jonathan Lighter]

There was a mention of this phrase - indirectly - in 2003.  I first heard
these precise words (emphasis by ed.) during the 1992 Presidential campaign.

"Getting Sarah to meetings and events was _like nailing Jell-O to a tree_."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110523/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_book


Slippery. Elusive. Hard to pin down.

JL
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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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