"Dutch" > wrote in message >...
> "ipse dixit" > wrote
>
> >>>>It means something quite different than "Derek Nash was
> >>>>being cruel when he broke the broom over his dog's back."
>
> >>>Have you any evidence to support that claim?
>
> >>Are you denying it?
>
> > Yes, I am.
>
> Does this ring a bell?
>
> "My dog quivers like a jelly when I pick up a broom to sweep the garden. I
> must get a new handle for that old broom one of these days."
>
> Why does your dog quiver like jelly when you pick up a broom Derek?

Seems like a typical fear response from a dog that has been severely
beaten by some maggot who deserves to have the broom handle shoved up
his arse.