[Ads-l] take the rag off

[Jonathan Lighter]

Joe Scarborough, MSNBC, this morning:

"In the words of my grandmother, Jewel, this must 'take the rag off the
churn'!"

I'd have said "off the bush" - only because I've read it in books.

JL
-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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