[thechat] yellow stripes

[Martin Burns]

On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Jonathon Isaac Swiderski wrote:

> Today, the cows mooved Erika Meyer to write:
>
> > Tony Blair reminds me of the saying:
> > "...ain't nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes."
>
> i believe the full saying is 'yellow stripes *and dead armadillos*.'
>
> (see also jim hightower's book 'there's nothing in the middle of the road
> but yellow stripes and dead armadillos',
> [http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?show=Trade%20Paper:New:0060929499:13.00]),
> from the author of 'If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote, They'd Have Given Us
> Candidates')

See also the featured photo on the front page of:
http://www.cluetrain.com/

Cheers
Martin

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