"dragonlady" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Stephanie" wrote:

"Banty" wrote in message
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In article , Ruth Baltopoulos
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wrote:

Ruth Baltopoulos wrote:

It can also be counterproductive to throw a
hedgehog into the chickencoop

Just out of curiosity: What happens if you do? It eats all the eggs?

I have no idea! It just popped into my head as an attempt to convey
throwing a totally unrelated idea into the mix and I liked the turn of
the
phrase; hedgehogs might be a chicken's best friend for all I know!

It's a good one, though - I actually pictured a porcupiney-thing being
thrown
into a chicken coop.

Sounds like one of those southern aphorsisms, like "deer caught in
headlights"
(which, BTW, has gotten widespread use) It puts such a picture in your
mind.

Banty



But deer really do get caught in headlights. Ever heard of the illegal
practice of jacking deer?



I suspect this is what we called shining deer? (Going out with bright
lights at night -- catch the deer in the lights so they freeze -- makes
them easy to shoot.)

Yes. Around here it is very illegal.

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