We do use the term pee-mail also.  Its hard to walk a dog and not
notice how she/he sniffs the same spots each day, or leave droppings in
the same place.

I wasn't paying that close attention when Buckley went into those
constitutional issues.

I awoke this morning to NPR's piece on Abu Grav.  This affair makes me
feel dirty and ashamed.  What are these people doing to my flag, my
people, my history, my honor?  Who entrusted these people with such
precious treasure?  (This of course, is rhetorical.)

-jc


On Jul 13, 2004, at 8:06 AM, Gabriel Orgrease wrote:

> When I first read this I thought it was from John Callan... and
> wondered
> what Fried Cat conversation I had been missing out on.
>
> No histo presto content that I can see.
>
> Did anyone else catch William F. Buckley's comments on Meet the Press,
> last Sunday, to the inference that there should be a Constitutional
> Amendment against bestiality?
>
> ][<en
>
> From: James Callan <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: July 12, 2004 10:51:48 PM CDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: "checking the mail"
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>> Is this expression commonly used in people parlance?  I have cats,
>> myself.
>
> My wife and I have friends in Portland, OR, who regularly referred to
> their dog as "checking her pee-mail." Their phrase was definitely a
> pun on e-mail, and dates to the '90s. I was under the impression that
> they'd coined the phrase themselves, but I don't really know -- I'm a
> cat person, too.
>
> --
>        James Callan
>        copywriter
>        Seattle, WA
>
>
>