On 13Sep23:2156-0400, John Gilmore wrote: > The first time I encountered something like this phrase, circa 1950, > it took the form of > > Don't get into a pissing match with a skunk! > > I suspect that the phrase and its variants have multiple etymologies, > with much semantic cross contamination among them. > > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
I would expect you to prefer the "micturition competition" variant. :-) -- <not cent from sell> May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig______________________________________________ "So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
