[AT] old expressions

[Larry D. Goss]

"Swinging cats" was an efficient way of culling the herd on the farm
when I was a kid.  We had somewhere between 20 and 30 hanging around the
barn and we got them down to a controllable number by grabbing their
back legs and tail and swinging their heads against a rock.  That sort
of thing is now verboten, but it was a necessity back in the 40's.

Larry

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Indiana Robinson wrote:

>On 31 Jul 2006 at 15:16, Gordon Hart wrote:
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>>Today they are building houses in NW Ark so close together " you can't
cuss 
>>a cat without getting fur in your mouth"
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>	"The house wasn't big enough to sling a cat". 
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Up here in New England we'd say " That room wasn't big enough to swing a

cat in."       Also, how about "He is so thin that if he turns sideways 
people think he's left town."      Also, "Now  simmer down-- don't get 
your tits caught in a wringer."   ....and   "...she'd complain  if she 
was hung with a new rope."   (I think that last one refers to my  Aunt 
Minnie who never had much good to say about anything.)    

   Thanks all, these have been fun to read again-- most of them are from

previous generations.    I use some of them and my children and 
grandchildren just look at me funny.
I think they think my brain is .."three ounces lighter than a 
match."     Carl in Vermont 
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