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Thread #35897 Message #4071805
Posted By: Richard Mellish
14-Sep-20 - 06:05 AM
Thread Name: Origin: (I'm) A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
Subject: RE: Origin: (I'm) A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
I have always considered the "shooting the dog" notion to be an intentional and facetious misinterpretation. Even the words that can be understood that way can be understood differently by punctuation: "I took out my gun and my dog. I did shoot ..."