Saturday, June 19, 2004

Strange Thought 2

While walking the dogs today, I had another strange thought.

Why do we say "take a dump?" Given a choice, I would leave it instead.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like the random things I come up with.  I'm the person who interrupts a production meeting to say, "Why is monosyllabic such a long word?"

Anonymous said...

I came here through Debi's journal.  Any friend of Debi's is a friend of mine.  I was also duped by Tricky big time.  You can read all about it right here and also check my journal out.  Everthing I say in my journal is verifiable.  I like your journal and I believe you.

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Hope to see you,
Anita

Anonymous said...

Heh heh, I just love this kinda stuff!  Well (ahem) if you want the literary explanation from my research library.. yes I actually have a reference book on slang & curse words.. the earliest known association is from the 13th century.  The Dutch word "domp" describes someone 'having a melancholy, poisonous air' or 'to take a sudden fall or plunge,' after which the thing dumped becomes refuse and is discarded.  And since it was really hard to clean stuff off those wooden shoes.. who knows, maybe that's why.  ¤Holly

Anonymous said...

You have exactly the sense of humor that my husband does.

Anonymous said...

I agree.  I thought the object was to get rid of it, too.  ~Peachy