On Jun 8, 2005, at 1:46 PM, Ken Wolman wrote: Remarkable that this is somewhat mysterious. Pushing it further, there was (at least where I grew up) the ever-popular phrase as one exited to the "facility," "I've gotta see a man about a horse." Why a horse? "I've gotta seea man about an Akita"? Naaaah. Not the same at all. Currently, my favorite euphemism is "the euphemism": as in, "I gotta go to the euphemism." Hal Actual Product May Vary from Photos Halvard Johnson [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] website: http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard blog: http://entropyandme.blogspot.com/