Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?A collection of essays on outmoded phrases and words we still use in everyday speech, told with the help of childhood memories, bits of Midwestern history, and liberal dashes of humor. |
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Contenido
Preface | 1 |
Letting Off Steam | 16 |
A Memoir of Beans | 23 |
A Million Bucks | 37 |
Not Out of the Woods Yet | 46 |
Corny | 55 |
On Shooting Oneself in the Foot | 61 |
A Lot of Bull | 82 |
Backlog | 105 |
Over a Barrel | 114 |
Slept Like a Log | 124 |
Hog Wild | 130 |
Too Many Irons in the Fire | 140 |
Skinny as a Rail | 155 |
Till the Cows Come Home | 162 |
A Murder of Crows | 177 |
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| Título | Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? |
| Autor | Larry Murdock |
| Editor | Lulu.com, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0615188745, 9780615188744 |
| Largo | 216 páginas |
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