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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Rodent-Related Sayings #12292 12/15/2000 7:24 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 9 NJ, USA HouseWolf stranger HouseWolf stranger Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 9 NJ, USA A long time ago I watched in amusement as my Vietnamese counterparts chased a rat around and around the maindeckof their gunboat. Finally they beat it to death with broomsticks and threw it into the Saigon River. At that moment my eye was drawn to two more rats coming aboard over the gangplank. berdonmill berdonmill Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rodent-Related Sayings #12293 12/16/2000 12:46 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England HouseWolf howled: At that moment my eye was drawn to two more rats coming aboard over the gangplank. If they were carrying AK-47s, they may well have been cunningly-disguised VC ... did you check? If they were Norinco AK-47 copies, then one of them may well have been a friend of mine from the South Island who swears by it for deer culling purposes. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rodent-Related Sayings #12294 12/17/2000 12:20 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 130 Virginia Solamente, Doug. member Solamente, Doug. member Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 130 Virginia Mmm... Rat stuff. If I may go back to "I smell a rat"... I was working late one night in a relatively abandoned building when I noticed a horrible stench. Seconds later a rat appeared rummaging through some trash nearby. Needless to say, the saying has a very concrete origin. I think it's a gland thing. And one more on the "French" side, as I haven't seen this on the board yet... The classic, "Rat b*stard!" A tongue-in-cheek favorite of a few of my friends. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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