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"The birds and the bees": Meaning and origin of the phrase
Livescience ^
| 4/27/23
| Kim Ann Zimmermann
Posted on 08/06/2024 4:53:44 PM PDT by DallasBiff
"The birds and the bees" is a story parents tell their children to deflect the question "Where do babies come from?"
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Society
KEYWORDS: birdsandbees; walz; wboopie
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To: rfp1234
“Was it faking a broken wing? Maybe it was a pro soccer playing bird...”
Or Lebron James.
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posted on
08/06/2024 9:03:06 PM PDT
by
Ignatz
(The bees don't bother to tell the flies that honey tastes better than dung.)
To: Songcraft
I always thought the phrase originated from that song.
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08/07/2024 2:19:50 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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