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A co-worker (when he is angry) says "Why those dirty-rotten-ratch afrass or rotten pantaloomers". I like the second choice myself.
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I've heard "rassafras" or sumtin somewhere before; I'm thinking maybe some cartoon show....
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Scallywag for a scamp or rascal has been a favorite of mine!
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as I'm feeling a bit guilty for foisting Robin v. Marian on an unsuspecting public
I wondered what had gotten into you. Oh, well, I suppose everyone's entitled to lose their mind once in a while.
One of the silliest words I can think of fits the double-rhyme theme: hugger-mugger.
About "rassafras"--I think that might be from an old comic strip. Pogo, or possibly Lil' Abner. Our Pogo expert might be able to tell us if it was there.
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as I'm feeling a bit guilty for foisting Robin v. Marian on an unsuspecting public
I wondered what had gotten into you.Aksherly, I think Pooh-Bah I should be congratulated for Robin & Marian. The thread brought our differences into sharp relief, yet the exchange of views remained amiable. Given recent events, I think it is remarkable that a group of people should be able to express such divergent views with such civility and friendship, and for facilitating that test, I thank PB1. 
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>Bobyoungbalt: Indeed, you rarely see a barn painted red any more; apparently it isn't cost-effective.
There are still plenty of red barns around here. I live in the Oley Valley, an area which contains a lot of old Pennsylvania Dutch farmsteads. In fact, the whole Valley is a National Historic Area! [proud of hometown e]
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I'll second that with red round ones in the Green Mountain state.
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I think that in the beginning red paint was used because it was cheap, until its use now would be just adherence to tradition.
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Red barns
I stand by my original statement. Of course you have red barns in a historic district. But out in the real world, I don't see many. How about a poll of other areas, like the mid-west where there is more farming than here ? Y'all out there -- do you have red barns?
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Barn? What's a barn? OH, i remember-- that what they call the big concrete block buildings that snow plows live in for the summer-- (and garbage trucks at night--) NO they are not red.
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