In article >,
Nicolaas Hawkins > wrote:

> On 30 Jul 2006 01:11:01 -0500, Bob Terwilliger
> > wrote in
> >:
>
> > Nicolaas wrote:
> >
> >> "All **** and vinegar" would be similar but with added
> >> connotations of stroppiness.
> >
> > An episode of "The Simpsons" had Abe Simpson (Homer's father) declaiming,
> > "I'm an old man, and I'm full of **** and vinegar!"
> >
> > Then in a more subdued voice, he went on, "I used to just be full of
> > vinegar..."
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Bob
>
> <cackle>
> That would have been before they put him on frusemide....

Furosemide...... ;-)

aka "Lasix".
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