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re: Coon Ass
The origin of the term is puzzling.
ER
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2/2/2007 4:06:13 AM
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'Coons ain't got no ass.
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Coon Ass
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FrankC
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2/1/2007 6:43:34 PM
It's the coon skin caps.
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/7/2007 2:50:57 AM
I've never wanted to literally flush a thread worse than this one.
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TB
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2/5/2007 9:31:39 PM
Hmm, I wonder how we can do that? Keep posting ideas....
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Laurie Street
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2/5/2007 10:01:28 PM
I blame Frank.
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TB
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2/6/2007 4:49:16 AM
Yes, familiar with it, and its application
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Fox
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2/2/2007 6:59:40 PM
Coon hunting
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Laurie Street
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2/4/2007 6:29:20 AM
I've got a term for the easily offended.
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Lee
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2/2/2007 9:20:17 AM
Depends on who is using the term and how it is meant....
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R.L.
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2/2/2007 7:54:47 AM
The term is essentially identical to redneck
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FrankC
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2/2/2007 8:30:13 AM
well....
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Arrell
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2/2/2007 11:09:48 PM
A popular British greeting these days is:
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Tony
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2/1/2007 11:05:58 PM
LUG radio...
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et
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2/2/2007 12:27:24 AM
I thought a beard
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FrankC
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2/2/2007 12:32:37 AM
Yeah, it's something like that....
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et
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2/2/2007 4:25:11 AM
I hope your aren't referring to the beard mentioned in The Miller's Tale
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alcaray
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2/2/2007 9:02:39 PM
Err, no.
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et
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2/3/2007 9:12:37 PM
hmmm, still, that's better than a dirty sanchez.
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FrankC
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2/3/2007 10:11:35 PM
Googled. Wish I hadn't. Wondering how you knew.
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Laurie Street
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2/4/2007 7:38:51 AM
Exactly the same way you now know :)
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FrankC
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2/4/2007 7:23:14 PM
Viral!
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LS
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2/5/2007 5:22:30 PM
Is this similar to a Cleveland Steamer?
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Tony
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2/5/2007 3:34:06 PM
Or a Hot Carl....?
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kerspl-et
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2/6/2007 12:12:41 AM
These are terms that I could have happily gone my whole life without knowing....
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yuck
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2/5/2007 3:59:17 PM
ewwwwwww...........
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Martha
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2/5/2007 6:11:22 AM
re: Coon Ass
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ER
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2/1/2007 10:08:44 PM
It is this innocuous
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FrankC
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2/1/2007 10:28:06 PM
Our furry friends might be offended
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SDF
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2/1/2007 9:52:13 PM
re: Coon Ass
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Laurie Street
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2/1/2007 8:50:03 PM
re: Coon Ass
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TB
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2/1/2007 7:19:23 PM
My daughter has been called a Coon Ass...
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alcaray
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2/1/2007 7:04:11 PM
re: Coon Ass
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azstrummer
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2/1/2007 6:54:09 PM
The origin of the term is puzzling.
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ER
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2/2/2007 4:06:13 AM
No ass?
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TB
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2/2/2007 6:26:52 AM
re: No ass?
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ER
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2/2/2007 11:51:22 AM
Yeah, but a rat does...as in , "I don't give a rats' ass"........
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Martha
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2/2/2007 12:52:45 PM
Astern of the fantail
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ER
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2/2/2007 2:25:53 PM
Not familiar with the term
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Robert
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2/1/2007 6:52:22 PM
Wickapedia on the subject
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FrankC
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2/1/2007 7:14:02 PM
When in doubt: DON'T!!
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Martha ( a damn Yankee, BTW)
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2/1/2007 10:25:29 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.