[AT] old expressions

[Dallas and Kathy]

How about, "As confused as the little boy who dropped his gum in the 
henhouse".    Dallas
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Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] old expressions


> In a message dated 7/30/2006 6:09:08 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time,
> cvee60 at hotmail.com writes:
> That makes me feel about as  handy as a left
> handed monkey wrench.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------------
> Actually  there is such a thing as a left handed Monkey wrench I two of 
> them.
> Now  before "you off half cocked" let me tell you the difference. The 
> right
> handed  one has right handed threads and when used in the right hand it 
> opens
> correctly  in the right hand, the left handed one has left handed one has 
> left
> hand threads  and will not work correctly in the right hand but will in 
> the
> left hand. I have  a crescent wrench that came with my Swedish   built 
> Saab it
> also is  left handed.
>
> On this subject I picked up a 12 in. monkey wrench at  Brooks Steamup
> yesterday that has a pipe wrench on one side and a bolt  wrench on the 
> other. neat
> tool first one I have seen.
>
> Walt  Davies
> Cooper Hollow Farm
> Monmouth, OR 97361
> 503 623-0460
>
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