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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Venus and Mars
He does not necessarily return her love with the same relationship changes because believe it or not some men still think that a sign of their love is a rump in the hay. Men play with women’s feelings also to get to that rump in the hay.
(http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Do-Men-Play … s-Feelings)
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She would have liked him for rump in the hay, but not with his dark inclinations and the black briefcase, no.
(http://www.goldenhandcuffsreview.com/gh9content/3.html)
I don’t know if the hindquarters were specifically being invoked here but it seems like an understandable error.
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Another nice find, and since there are another 40 or so examples it may be misplaced here among the ‘slips’.
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One for the end-of-the-year lists.
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There are a couple of ghits for a rut in the hay; I wondered if the word “rut(ting)†might have some sort of sub-libidal Freudian-slip (or lack thereof) effect.
Sex with a little mystery and discovery is a lot more fun and interesting than a clinical rut in the hay
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2009-10-06 20:51:44)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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A clinical rut in the hay! Welcome back, David!
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Yes, David Tuggy, good to hear from you again. Does this mean the book is done?
Last edited by patschwieterman (2009-10-07 00:50:32)
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I wish. No, this was a daughter’s wedding with attendant family reunion, boocoo miles (try 5000 driving with 5 grandkids under age 8, in this age of mandatory carseats), an unexpected (but enjoyable) arm-twisted teaching assignment for a semester in Peru (where I am at the moment), and laziness in the wake of getting way behind on email etc. And —a little progress on the book.
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btw I bought Kem’s Next Generation Gap book and have enjoyed it. Be fun to see how near the mark he is.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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