1947 Archie Comic "butthole." What did it mean?

[Charles C Doyle]

I sent the following several hours ago, but, as far as I can tell,  it never got posted (that happens to a certain percentage of the items I endeavor to post-- perhaps 5% or 10%).

<<  I must confess:  The (now in print) _Dictionary of Modern Proverbs_ lacks an entry for "Theories are like assholes . . . ."  However, entries for the more common "Excuses are like assholes . . ." and "Opinions are like assholes . . ." do appear (with the silly "armpits" variants).  >>

--Charlie


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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of Jonathan Lighter [wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 11:25 AM
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Um, everybody's got one.

JL

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Dan Nussbaum <yekkey at aol.com> wrote:

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> And you know what they say about theories.
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