_Kiss my grits!_

[Jonathan Lighter]

Sorry. I meant the putative "anal" connotations of "nitty gritty."

JL
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 5/31/2011 10:36 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Weird then. Weird today.
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> But not when said in a diner?
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