Morning wood

[Jonathan Lighter]

What mean "subtle"?  Ha ha, you old!  Knowing too many words prove it!

JL

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Jan 19, 2013, at 2:29 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > 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
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> "Marjorie Morningwood" would have been subtler.
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> 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.
> >>> 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
> >>>> 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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> >>>> Paul Frank
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