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  1. 09-14-2011, 10:54 PM #1
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    Default Masticating the Towel

    If you ever wondered where this salivating term came from...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chew_the_fat
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    Indeed, if you're going to masticate and enzyme excrete, it's best done in private.

    How come the article didn't mention the Salivation Army?
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    good one
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    Quote Originally Posted by KC8VWM View Post
    good one
    wish I could take the credit.. comes from "Ham Radio for Dummies" (seriously)
    http://books.google.com/books?id=N7u...wel%22&f=false
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    Some call it shooting the breeze.
    I call it shooting the s**t.
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    My grandparents use to call it
    "Shooting the Bull"
    or
    "Batting the Breeze"
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    I had an assistant manager at a radio station who called it "waxing the elephant" ( as opposed to waxing eloquent, that is, in case you did not "get it" ) !

    " Oh there he goes, 'waxing the elephant', again! " .
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