Date:  Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:07:19 -0600
From:  "Timothy C. Frazer" <mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Fornigate & Eatin' Ain't Cheatin' (new words)

I submit that much of the text below is abosolutely of no eymological
significance.  If the phraseitself needs to be recorded, fine; the
details that are loaded COULD be construed as someone's exercising his
ppolitical animus.

> EATIN' AIN'T CHEATIN'
>
>   Gosh, I hope this is over soon. This phrase (not in the RHHDAS) was also
> on the web in several newsgroups.
>   This is from Christopher Caldwell's "Hill of Beans" column, the New York
> Press, Jan. 28-Feb 3, 1998, pg. 26, col. 1:
>
>   She fell in love with Bill Clinton, even though their relationship
> consisted solely of blowjobs. The two almost had sex once, but then the
> President pulled back and said, "No, that's special." (How flattering.)
>   (...)
>   Anyone inclined to think that Lewinsky's version of the Clinton affair is
> a fantasy should keep in mind its details. Clinton is clearly an adherent of
> Robb's Rule--named after the prolific Virginia Senator Chuck Robb--that it's
> not adultery if only oral sex is involved. This interpretation seems to be
> the prevalent one among Southern politicians, who are apt to express it in its
> more apothegmatic formulation: _Eatin' ain't cheatin'_.
>
>   "Eatin' ain't cheatin'" supposedly comes from a Kinky Friedman song and
> was popularized on the Don Imus radio show. I tried to get the full lyrics on
> the web, but got "404 File Not Found."
>    Remember: "Among the New Words" is fine, but please, NO WOTY!!
>