Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt01253)

	The worst part is that this is one of the more interesting 
conversations we've had here, lately.

Bart

John wrote:
> I wish I had read your postscript before I followed your directions, 
> preparing to make corn on the cob, removing the husks from the ears ....
>
> Or did I shrink from the controversy on this list?
>
> Or were you talking about a spectral hound whose appearance is held to 
> presage a calamity?
>
> Or a cigar wrapped in corn husks?
>
> All of which are valid definitions for shucks.
>
> Of course, the definition Bart used is:
> something of little value -- usually used in the plural, often 
> interjectionally, as in "not worth shucks", "don't care shucks about it" 
> , "can't sing for shucks" , "no great shucks for looks" or "shucks, 
> that's not worth talking about."