another LV - Riddle question

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 98352

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "David Burgess" <burgess at c...> 
wrote:
> In American English, to 'fudge' sometimes means 'to cheat a little 
bit'. 
> Usually, it's inconsequential stuff, like changing the margins on 
a paper
> so that you meet the 10 page limit without actually having to 
figure out
> another 1/2 page of stuff.  Some Americans fudge their charitable
> contribution numbers to pay less taxes.  It's wrong, it's just the 
degree.

It's also the "polite" version of a VERY rude word!  In "A Christmas 
Story", Ralphie drops the bolts while his dad is changing the car 
tire in the snow, and in slow motion says, "Ohhhhhh 
FFFFUUUUUUDDDDDGGGEEEE."  'But I didn't say 'fudge',' says the 
narrator.  'I said THE word - the granddaddy of all swears - the F 
dash dash dash word.'  Myself, I think Fudge might be more related 
to *this* interpretation, considering the amount of damage he's been 
able to inflict so far.

Wanda