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Originally Posted by jerryleejr
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I wish those sites would go a little bit into the history of some of those sayings ... or explain them a bit more. For instance, Zeep might not know that a "polecat" is a skunk.
Also, that "three sheets to the wind" actually came to the South through the mariner's tradition. A sheet is a sail, and if you have three sheets to the wind you are REALLY sailing along (i.e., drunk).
I think my favorite was the one in the tradition of "the lights are on, but nobody's home" .... that was: "The wheels still turning, but the hamsters dead"
