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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Etymology of noun ``lazy susan''
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Date: Fri, 29-Nov-85 18:58:06 EST
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>       Well, my phrase for the day is ``lazy susan''.  Does anyone in Netland
>have any idea as to its etymology?  Why ``lazy susan'' as opposed to say,
>``lazy jane'' or ``lazy john''?  Was there a real Susan behind its invention?
>Was she too lazy to reach in the back of her cupboards?

When I first heard about these devices, they were "lazy Daisy"s.  Perhaps
there was a Daisy?
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Martin Taylor
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