tent-pissing follow-up

[Jonathan Lighter]

> "It's [yigh] by [yigh]"

If you mean "Yigghh by yigghh," that's not how I remember it.

I recall the scene but can't remember if it was "yay by yay" or "yi by yi"
(which would be unique in my experience).

JL


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 1:09 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> WB:  BTW, in one of the old black & white commercials, Bullwinkle describes
> a lost box of Cheerios to Boris Badinoff:  "It's [yigh] by [yigh]" with
> appropriate hand (hoof?) gestures.
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