Defecate (was Re: suppository??)

[Neal Whitman]

Slightly OT, but this reminds me of when my 4yo sister many years ago caught a cricket and put it in a jar. She wanted to poke holes in the lid so the cricket wouldn't defecate.

Neal

On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:47 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:

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> On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:11 AM, David Barnhart wrote:
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>> From _The Independent_ [London]
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>> "On the campaign trail and addressing a Liberal Party event in the city of
>> Melbourne Mr Abbott said: 'No one -- however smart, however well-educated,
>> however experienced -- is the suppository of all wisdom.' Mr Abbott appeared
>> to mix up the word "suppository" with the word repository."
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> Nobody in Australia can be the Suppository of All Wisdom, not when the U. S. Congress still exists.
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> LH
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