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I am reminded of Mel Brooks' "Two Thousand-Year-Old Man" interviews he did with Carl Reiner. Reiner asked the two thousand-year-old man how some words came to be, and he answered with the story of the word "egg." He said if you get reeeeeeeally close to a chicken when she is laying, and if you listen verrrrrrry closely, you can hear her straining to accomplish her task, and the sound she makes is, "Eh----ehh-----ehhh------ehhhhhhhg!"
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Guffaw orchard 04/26/05 11:22 PM Re: Guffaw Saranita 04/27/05 05:50 PM Re: Guffaw Father Steve 04/27/05 06:59 PM skin of my teeth ctjones@eee.org 05/01/05 05:05 PM Re: skin of my teeth Saranita 05/01/05 05:18 PM Job 19:20 Father Steve 05/02/05 12:43 AM Re: Job 19:20 Faldage 05/02/05 10:21 AM Re: Job 19:20 Elizabeth Creith 05/02/05 01:19 PM Re: Job 19:20 maverick 05/02/05 02:53 PM Re: Job 19:20 Father Steve 05/03/05 04:57 AM Re: Job 19:20 inselpeter 05/03/05 05:36 AM Re: Job 19:20 Father Steve 05/03/05 06:52 PM Re: Job 19:20 Jackie 05/03/05 02:11 PM
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