Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bet that was it Herb. And there was horse poo already in the street. By the way on Central Park South the whole street smells like horse poo. Which I believe has quite an edge over dog poo. Kind of like the difference of a pipe over a cigar. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:33:56 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Please Curb your Dog > > I believe the phrase is more specific. When I was growing up in New > York City, circa 1932, one of the things a kid learned very quickly > was to keep an eye on the sidewalk to avoid stepping on dog > excrement. "Curb your dog" was an edict to take your dog just beyond > the curb so that the excrement would be in the road instead of the > sidewalk. > > Herb > > >> The term "Curb Your Dog" basically has two meanings. One meaning is to >> keep >> your dog under >> control and out of trouble ... ie; keep your dog leashed and/or confine to >> your property as to >> keep them from causing trouble for others. It also means to pick up your >> dog's poo when >> they are out of your property. >> >> Dennis >> >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at >> rabinergroup.com>wrote: >> >>> Took me years to figure it out! Always mystified me as a kid. >>> >>> -- >>> Mark R. >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>>> From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:26:55 +0100 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Please Curb your Dog >>>> >>>> related? >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue0fZfwHfzo&feature=related >>>> >>>> OTT I had missed that pear, and it travelled well through time over >>>> here :-) >>>> Nice rendition, >>>> Ph >>>> >>>> >>>> Le 27 nov. 11 ? 12:55, Marty Deveney a ?crit : >>>> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 9:18 PM, FRANK DERNIE >>>>> <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: >>>>>> What does "curb your dog" mean? This is not a phrase I have heard >>>>>> in England, but I remember visiting the Hog's Breath Inn (?), >>>>>> proprietor Clint Eastwood, when in Carmel in the 80s and they were >>>>>> selling a T-shirt with a Dirty Harry picture with gun and that >>>>>> phrase underneath. >>>>>> I have been mildly curious of the US meaning ever since... >>>>>> FD >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>>> From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, 27 November 2011, 10:37 >>>>>>> Subject: [Leica] Please Curb your Dog >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/onthisAutumnday/081103_142525.jp >>>>>>> >>> g >>>>>>> .html?g2_fromNavId=x638a4fc1 or >>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/7caehc8 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please Curb your Dog >>>>>>> Broadway between 80th and 81st. >>>>>>> 3 November 2008 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Mark R. >>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information