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Idioms that Start with A and Sound Vaguely Dirty

June 25, 2008 By: Southpaw Jones Category: List

Part 1 in a 26-part series:

• A hitch in your giddy-up

• A lick and a promise

• A long row to hoe

• A lost ball in the high weeds

• A still tongue keeps a wise head

• Ace in the Hole

• All skin and bone

• All talk and no trousers

• Arrow in the quiver


as reported in The New York Times

June 25, 1908
SECRETARY TAFT SHOCKED.
Candidate Calls Mr. Cleveland One of the Great Men of the Country.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Secretary Taft was greatly shocked when he heard of the death of ex-President Cleveland. He was in the commencement procession of university officials, Faculty and student graduates to Woolsey Hall, where the graduating exercises took place, when the news was conveyed to him.


One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

Yes, I was there at the Battle of Little Bighorn, fighting with the Sioux. In fact, I’m the one that took down the General! That’s why they call me the…

Highlight here for answer: [Custer buster]


Hairstyles that Mom Won’t Approve





My dream of happiness: A quiet spot by the Jamaican seashore looking out at the activity in the ocean, hearing the wind sob with the beauty and the tragedy of everything. Looking out over nine miles of ocean, hearing some happy laughter near-by. Sitting under an almond tree, with the leaf spread over me like an umbrella.
Errol Flynn


EVERY DANG THURSDAY
8:00 PM
Flipnotics at the Triangle
4600 Guadalupe
AUSTIN, TX
(512) 380-0097
www.flipnotics.com
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2008
7:00 PM
Spike Gillespie’s Dick Monologues
Hyde Park Theatre
AUSTIN, TX
www.dickmonologues.com
SOLD OUT!
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TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2008
Cactus Cafe
The Texas Union, 24th & Guadalupe
AUSTIN, TX
CD Release Celebration for CRUELTY!
(512) 475-6515
www.utexas.edu/txunion/ae/cactus/index.php

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