Morning wood

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 19, 2013, at 2:29 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Just heard on "Millionaire Matchmaker" of a love-hungry mogul  who "has a
> boat called _Morning Wood_."
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> He invites chicks aboard.
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> JL

"Marjorie Morningwood" would have been subtler.

LH
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> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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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 <truespel at hotmail.com
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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.
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>>>> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:44:52 +0100
>>>> From: paulfrank at POST.HARVARD.EDU
>>>> Subject: Morning wood
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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-wake-up=
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>>>> Paul
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