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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Two Birds with One Stone #74527 06/29/02 03:43 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 8 G grump OP stranger OP grump stranger G Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 8 The expression about killing two birds with one stone is an embarrassment to the language; yet it's so darned useful as to be just about unavoidable-- which I guess is why it has survived so long despite its offensiveness. I've been hunting for years for an acceptable and equally useful alternative. Any suggestions? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Two Birds with One Stone grump 06/29/02 03:43 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Keiva 06/29/02 03:55 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone wwh 06/29/02 04:00 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone of troy 06/29/02 05:50 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Capfka 06/29/02 09:58 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Buffalo Shrdlu 06/30/02 03:28 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Capfka 06/30/02 10:30 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Wordwind 06/30/02 10:59 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Keiva 06/30/02 03:09 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone of troy 06/30/02 03:13 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone wwh 06/30/02 04:15 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Keiva 06/30/02 05:48 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone wwh 06/30/02 05:57 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone grump 06/30/02 02:50 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone wwh 06/30/02 03:04 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone grump 06/30/02 05:37 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Buffalo Shrdlu 06/30/02 03:06 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Capfka 06/30/02 08:00 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone grump 06/30/02 11:59 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone wwh 07/01/02 12:52 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Wordwind 07/01/02 01:20 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Buffalo Shrdlu 07/01/02 01:28 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone FishonaBike 07/01/02 09:52 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Robert Payne 07/01/02 06:47 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone FishonaBike 07/01/02 08:51 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone wwh 07/01/02 09:18 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Capfka 07/01/02 09:28 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Keiva 07/01/02 10:52 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone wwh 07/01/02 11:58 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Wordwind 07/02/02 12:12 AM acronym FishonaBike 07/03/02 10:01 AM Re: acronym Capfka 07/03/02 06:38 PM Re: acronym wwh 07/03/02 07:08 PM NIMBI FishonaBike 07/03/02 09:10 PM Re: NIMBI wwh 07/03/02 09:26 PM Re: NIMBI FishonaBike 07/04/02 12:31 PM Re: NIMBI wwh 07/04/02 12:59 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Keiva 06/30/02 10:01 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Buffalo Shrdlu 06/30/02 10:23 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone wwh 06/30/02 10:35 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Buffalo Shrdlu 06/30/02 11:06 PM Whoops, I'm dead! FishonaBike 07/01/02 08:58 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone Keiva 06/30/02 10:51 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone of troy 06/30/02 11:01 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,317 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 688 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,534 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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