A Conversation for Ticks
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Jimi X Started conversation Sep 6, 2006
"Wetting an old dog-end and squeezing the yucky juice onto the tick is also reputed to work well."
Can I get this translated into American English please? 
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Skankyrich [?] Posted Sep 6, 2006
And a tick is something you get when you give the right answer 
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Skankyrich [?] Posted Sep 7, 2006
It's colourful language, Jimi. I've always presumed that it's because it looks like the hind leg of a dog, but the more I think about it, the less I'm sure.
Would you like me to Curate in a footnote to explain?
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