The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59418   Message #2674197
Posted By: Amos
07-Jul-09 - 05:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Chaces, as Rapaire knows but does nt tell, are game preserves, from the French verb chasser, to hunt.

Not typical cowboy haunts. The last time someone from Idaho was on one, somewhere out in Somerset, he was invited on a hunt, and was disturbed at how coolly he was treated afterwards. Finally he asked the host if he had committed some social blunder. The host responded reluctantly, "Well, sir, when you sight your quarry over here, the usual thing is to yell out "Tally-Ho!!"--not, "There goes the sumbitch!!".

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