To: Petronski
"Tony: Tar baby comment is traced back to American lore."That's what I heard him say too - very clearly.
To: sneakers
I have to google that term. I am not familiar with it and can just hear the drive-by media jumping ugly on Tony.
439 posted on
05/16/2006 10:09:12 AM PDT by
JerseyDvl
("Consensus is the absence of leadership" - Margaret Thatcher)
To: sneakers
Ok, it's not offensive at all. I have to get my mind out of the gutter.
tar baby
n.
A situation or problem from which it is virtually impossible to disentangle oneself.
472 posted on
05/16/2006 10:12:57 AM PDT by
JerseyDvl
("Consensus is the absence of leadership" - Margaret Thatcher)
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