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To: HairOfTheDog

Ping.

Thought your "doggy ping list" might be interested in this.


2 posted on 07/16/2006 8:09:46 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Graybeard58
Three-dog night: The Australian aborigines, and others, slept with dogs to keep themselves warm. So, a three-dog night was considered especially chilly.

Well I be doggone... that's something I did not know. There was a story of a lost child some time back who had his dog to keep him warm as the temp plummeted, and likely kept him alive.  Many of the other expressions are fairly intuitive.

 

5 posted on 07/16/2006 8:22:41 PM PDT by Dysart
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