09-02-2013, 04:27 PM
Jan Klimkowski Wrote:My friend in Connecticut, not given to hyperbole, says he's shovelling three feet of snow to let his twins out to play and his dogs take a slash.
Just got off the phone with my friend in Warwick, RI -- about 15 miles south of Providence.
Her 13-year old bearded collie -- think English sheep dog, only sleeker -- is having a hard time, but her 4-year old beagle/black Labrador mix is digging it. So to speak.
So before she tries to find her car in the snow drift that used to be a driveway, she will clear a spot for ... slashing.
God, the Ripper has had a lasting impact on English slang ...