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To: colorado tanker

Morning CT.

I wonder how far back the old saying "He's the salt of the earth" goes.


99 posted on 08/16/2004 4:51:01 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Why don't tomb, comb, and bomb sound alike?)
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To: SAMWolf
wonder how far back the old saying "He's the salt of the earth" goes.

I don't know, but it must go way, way back. If you go back far enough, salt was used as currency, a medium of exchange.

107 posted on 08/16/2004 5:16:52 PM PDT by colorado tanker (shove it!)
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