escape goat

[Laurence Horn]

On Nov 11, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> At 11/5/2012 06:33 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Better to be the blamed, punished [e]scape goat than the
>> blameless but execution-style executed (albeit with knife rather
>> > than gun) sacrifice goat.  Unless one gets to enjoy 72 virgin does.
>
>> Dialect clash: "nannies" and not "does."
>
> If I were given the choice of 72 virgin nannies vs. 72 virgin does, I
> know which I'd pick.
>
Chacun à son gout.  You know what they say, pretty is as pretty does.

LH

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