Raven
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Fri Jul-29-11 12:59 PM
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"Can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear." |
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A favorite saying of my mother. Seems to apply to Beohner's new bill. He started out with the ear of a sow and he's ending up with the same thing.
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Fri Jul-29-11 01:01 PM
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1. Who would even try to do that? |
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Fri Jul-29-11 01:03 PM
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2. I know. Don't you wonder where saying like that come form. n/t |
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Fri Jul-29-11 01:11 PM
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5. Someone had silk and someone had pig remnants. |
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Fri Jul-29-11 01:04 PM
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3. My only quibble would be that it was not the sow's ear he started with. |
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sow's ass would be more like it.
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Fri Jul-29-11 01:08 PM
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4. My mother was too polite for that kind of language. :-) |
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Fri Jul-29-11 01:45 PM
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6. The current situation requires something stronger than Mama's language. |
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