>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 20:48:43 -0600 >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: scrape the possum >Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >At 13:49 4/28/2003 -0400, you wrote: >> Since you seem to understand what the original poster was saying, >> could >>you please translate it into English? What in the world does "hanging >>like a hairless possum after a freezing rain" mean? > >Cold, hard, stiff, and very very dead. Just a very picturesque way of >saying things. > > >-- >Rodolfo J. Paiz >rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Well, you seem to have taken my gist rightly. Sorry...I just finished teaching a unit on poetry to my 7th graders. And using figurative language comes naturally to me anyway. tony http://www.School-Library.net Freedom to Learn! -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GED$/L/P/FA d? s: a C++ L++ W++ N++ K- w--- M+ PS++ PE-- Y+ PGP- t+ tv-- b++(b++++) D? G e++++ h++ r--- y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ _____________________________________________________________ School-Library.net Freedom to Learn! _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get you@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag
