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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I forget what put this one into my head. I think I heard someone say it on TV. A web search yielded only 3 examples that didn’t seem to be puns, and two of those were from the same source.
there will be plenty of old ones about which don’t have the safety brake – we’re still using the 36” Pie and Ear which we bought secondhand in the 1950s
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That was our first time chair-dancing, and I believe Dood and I were pie and ears or the chair-dancing fad that later swept the dance floors of new wave shows throughout Clevo in the mid 80’s.
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And from the same source:
Of course everone knows how Trent went on to greatness as a pie and ear with Nine Inch Nails.
Coming up with a convincing eggcornish meaning connection for this substitution would be a bit of a stretch. But that may be moot anyway, with only three examples found.
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