01-31-2005, 02:17 PM
whyBish,Jan 30 2005, 10:15 PM Wrote:Amusing. It's "Yanking your chain" over here, but not over in Yankee land :P
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We use both.
Pulling seems to be more common than yanking, but that may be a regional thing. North/South/West. Both carry trace inferences to self abuse, which leads us to the less common, if pithy,
"Are you jerkin' me off?" which presents "are you pulling my leg" in the tripod sense. :P
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete