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To: markomalley

The name came from a brand of tobacco that advertised in baseball parks. Nothing to so with real animals. Is Bull Hot Sauce next?


2 posted on 10/28/2021 7:33:41 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: Dr. Sivana
I prefer the Casey Stengel version of the origin:

it’s the place a bunch of guys with nothing to do can sit around and shoot the bull for a couple of hours.

9 posted on 10/28/2021 7:40:44 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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