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#61184 03/15/02 01:44 AM
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Dear consuelo: I found your phrase in many sites, but could not figure out its meaning. Why the flick to the canine?


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Ever get a whole cumin seed caught between your teeth? That's irritating, bothersome, and sometimes slightly painful.

PS Dr. Bill, I put the translation in white in the first post.

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Cumin seed no. Other short curly objects yes.

Now that I think of it, cumin seed sounds like something else.


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Now you've taken the spicy idea on a different twist.[not]


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Dear consuelo: I think it unlikely that you remember that "twist" used to be a slang term for a complaisant young damsel.


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Why the flick to the canine?

Do you bite your thumb at me, sir?


#61190 03/15/02 02:01 AM
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Hey, I read a lot [alot?].

Twist also goes with "Shaken, not stirred"

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I know that biting the thumb can be an insult, but never could figure out why.


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Back to spice, have you seen the Altoids testimonials?


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My best guess would be that it is some kind of insult to the macho male's member. Dunno for a fact.


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