Morning wood (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I associate the phrase with Wayne and Garth from the "Wayne's World"
sketches on SNL.

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> Ca 1993, IIRC.
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> JL
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> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Tom Zurinskas
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> > "Morning wood?"  Reminds me of a political phrase I just heard;"a
> > distinction without a difference."
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> > Factoids are like hemorrhoids, only the anal would know.
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> > Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
> > See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk
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> > > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:44:52 +0100
> > > From: paulfrank at POST.HARVARD.EDU
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> > > Not in OED despite more than 2.5 million googlits.
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> > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/morning-wood-asapscience-
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> > > Paul
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> > > Paul Frank
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