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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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Touch it with a ten-foot pole
I've been trying to figure out the meaning and origin of this idiom.
I found the meaning on web search and that is "reply, answer, comment on it".
I have hard time finding the origin or how ten-pole thing relates to the above meaing. I would appreciate your help for this matter.
jeff
I found the meaning on web search and that is "reply, answer, comment on it".
I have hard time finding the origin or how ten-pole thing relates to the above meaing. I would appreciate your help for this matter.
jeff
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[nq:1]I've been trying to figure out the meaning and origin of this idiom. I found the meaning on web search ... finding the origin or how ten-pole thing relates to the above meaing.
- [nq:1]I've been trying to figure out the meaning and origin of this idiom.
- I found the meaning on web search ...
- finding the origin or how ten-pole thing relates to the above meaing.
- " It means that "it" stinks so badly that you wouldn't go anywhere near "it",= even if you were only prodding "it" with a pole that measured 10 feet in length.
- And the saying can be used literally, figuratively, and allegorically.
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[nq:1]I've been trying to figure out the meaning and origin of this idiom. I found the meaning on web search ... finding the origin or how ten-pole thing relates to the above meaing. I would appreciate your help for this matter.[/nq]
I think the original saying was "I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole." It means that "it" stinks so badly that you wouldn't go anywhere near "it",=
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I think the original saying was "I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole." It means that "it" stinks so badly that you wouldn't go anywhere near "it",=
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[nq:1]I think the original saying was "I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole."[/nq]
The comedian Ed Wynn used to carry an 11-foot pole for things he wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.
Gerry
The comedian Ed Wynn used to carry an 11-foot pole for things he wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.
Gerry
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[nq:2]I think the original saying was "I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole."[/nq]
[nq:1]The comedian Ed Wynn used to carry an 11-foot pole for things he wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.[/nq]
Roman Polanski is said in the business to be the original five-foot pole you wouldn't touch things with. I can't help feeling the original questioner is being depressingly unpoetic, and may be i
[nq:1]The comedian Ed Wynn used to carry an 11-foot pole for things he wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.[/nq]
Roman Polanski is said in the business to be the original five-foot pole you wouldn't touch things with. I can't help feeling the original questioner is being depressingly unpoetic, and may be i
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[nq:1]I've been trying to figure out the meaning and origin of this idiom. I found the meaning on web search ... finding the origin or how ten-pole thing relates to the above meaing. I would appreciate your help for this matter.[/nq]
I think the original saying was "I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole." It means that "it" stinks so badly that you wouldn't go anywhere near "it", even if you
I think the original saying was "I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole." It means that "it" stinks so badly that you wouldn't go anywhere near "it", even if you
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[nq:2]I think the original saying was "I wouldn't touch it with a 10 footpole."[/nq]
[nq:1]The comedian Ed Wynn used to carry an 11-foot pole for things hewouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.[/nq]
I suppose his name was Stanislav and his parents had fed him steroids all his life!
[nq:1]The comedian Ed Wynn used to carry an 11-foot pole for things hewouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.[/nq]
I suppose his name was Stanislav and his parents had fed him steroids all his life!
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Gerry:
[nq:1]The comedian Ed Wynn used to carry an 11-foot pole for things he wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.[/nq]
Wouldn't it have been easier to carry a 9-foot one?
- Bill the F
[nq:1]The comedian Ed Wynn used to carry an 11-foot pole for things he wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.[/nq]
Wouldn't it have been easier to carry a 9-foot one?
- Bill the F
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[nq:2]The comedian Ed Wynn used to carry an 11-foot pole for things he wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.[/nq]
[nq:1]Wouldn't it have been easier to carry a 9-foot one?[/nq]
That reminds me of a comedian who carried a mattress on his back. His father had told him he should always have something to fall back on.
Peasemarch.
[nq:1]Wouldn't it have been easier to carry a 9-foot one?[/nq]
That reminds me of a comedian who carried a mattress on his back. His father had told him he should always have something to fall back on.
Peasemarch.
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[nq:1]That reminds me of a comedian who carried a mattress on his back. His father had told him he should always have something to fall back on. Peasemarch.[/nq]
I knew a girl like that once. If I'd played my cards right I might have lost my virginity several years earlier.
Mike.
I knew a girl like that once. If I'd played my cards right I might have lost my virginity several years earlier.
Mike.
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[nq:1]I knew a girl like that once. If I'd played my cards right I might have lost my virginity several years earlier.[/nq]
Dare I ask if it would have been legal? (hint: 14 is not)
Dare I ask if it would have been legal? (hint: 14 is not)
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[nq:2]I knew a girl like that once. If I'd played my cards right I might have lost my virginity several years earlier.[/nq]
[nq:1]Dare I ask if it would have been legal? (hint: 14 is not)[/nq]
In California, if two kids under 18 have *** and their ages are within three years of one another, they appear to both be guilty of misdemeanor unlawful sexual intercourse. (Penal Code 261.5(b
[nq:1]Dare I ask if it would have been legal? (hint: 14 is not)[/nq]
In California, if two kids under 18 have *** and their ages are within three years of one another, they appear to both be guilty of misdemeanor unlawful sexual intercourse. (Penal Code 261.5(b
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