[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: More Southern I think?

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

Julie wrote:

| But yesterday put the icing on the cake.  My mom (who is 70
| Arkansan) said something yesterday I have never heard and hope
| someone can help me understand this.  She was talking about someone
| a friend of her's knew, and she said, "Of course, I wouldn't know
| her from Adam's off ox."  Now, tell me, who is Adam and what in the
| world is an off ox???

[Lee]:
I'd surmise that the use of Adam goes back to Adam-And-Eve, but that's only
a presumption.

Perhaps off ox is another way of saying "ass".

Cheers,
Lee :-)
(Who's typing slowly due to a couple of wasp stingys on my right
hand...seriously! Ouch!)

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