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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Shaky sticks #167601 04/16/2007 11:32 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I was organizing a closet today and found more jigsaw puzzles than you could shake a stick at. After years of hearing my mother use that expression and occasionally using it myself it occurred to me to wonder why you would want to shake a stick at things and where the it comes from. Any opinions out there? (silly question I know) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shaky sticks Zed #167602 04/16/2007 11:35 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here's more explanations than you can shake a stick at -joe (idiomatically speaking) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shaky sticks tsuwm #167635 04/17/2007 11:32 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Hmmm. All of them with big question marks at the end. Seems everyone else is as vague as I feel today. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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