[Ads-l] Heard on TV: "cold as a turkey"

[Laurence Horn]

> On Sep 19, 2016, at 11:08 AM, MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US) <william.d.mullins18.civ at MAIL.MIL> wrote:
> 
>> Of course there are also rumors about the depressed temperatures of certain body parts,
>> but decency forbids further investigation.
>> 
> 
> You could look it up:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nature.com_nature_journal_v371_n6493_abs_371109a0.html&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=77YpxYCS65N4VdysWm0_h0Tmu7W58klfwF1evbM4WiM&s=SW2slA6yVgrMbzV-D5F14neJFi0IH68KrKVYzA0jXMg&e= 
> 
Very nice.  I suspect there's no comparable scholarly literature on the body part I had in mind; cf.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/12/messages/583.html

LH

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