Comments on: Hamstrings and Hamstringing http://www.dailywritingtips.com/hamstrings-and-hamstringing/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:04:09 -0500 hourly 1 By: Erik http://www.dailywritingtips.com/hamstrings-and-hamstringing/comment-page-1/#comment-207504 Erik Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:47:59 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3838#comment-207504 "In severe cases, the animal is _destroyed_." “In severe cases, the animal is _destroyed_.”

]]> By: Brad K. http://www.dailywritingtips.com/hamstrings-and-hamstringing/comment-page-1/#comment-207383 Brad K. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:30:01 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3838#comment-207383 Of course, no one would ever confuse hamstrung with the organization and operation of a smoke house. "You idiot, Darrel! You tied that there turkey onto the ceiling just fine, but dang, did you have to use the ham string? That there turkey string is hanging on the nail on the *left* side of the door. What am I gonna tell Pa, now that the turkey has been smoked alright, but has been ham strung?!" Or even, "Earl used to string his fiddle with cat gut strings, but with the current economic slowdown all the cats have been . . stewed. So he talked to the butcher over on Ash street, and now uses pig intestines for his fiddle. Yes, Earl has a brand new sound, with his ham strung fiddle." OK. I'll stop. Of course, no one would ever confuse hamstrung with the organization and operation of a smoke house. “You idiot, Darrel! You tied that there turkey onto the ceiling just fine, but dang, did you have to use the ham string? That there turkey string is hanging on the nail on the *left* side of the door. What am I gonna tell Pa, now that the turkey has been smoked alright, but has been ham strung?!”

Or even, “Earl used to string his fiddle with cat gut strings, but with the current economic slowdown all the cats have been . . stewed. So he talked to the butcher over on Ash street, and now uses pig intestines for his fiddle. Yes, Earl has a brand new sound, with his ham strung fiddle.”

OK. I’ll stop.

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