Date:  Thu, 31 Mar 1994 06:25:02 -0600

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Popular Expressions



> Natalie says it makes sense to say someone can't walk and chew gum at the

> same time. Is that a realistic characterization of klutziness? It may be

> hypoerbolic. What Johnson seemed to me to mean about Ford wasn't that

> Ford was absolutely incompetent (which would be the case in the current



I agree that it was probably not exactly what Johnson wanted to say about

Ford and that it is not an apt description in many cases. But I do think

it makes a kind of sense as an extreme insult.

  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)