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From: kay@warwick.UUCP (Kay Dekker)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: The Meaning of the word "crap"
Message-ID: <2391@flame.warwick.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 06:07:58 EST
Article-I.D.: flame.2391
Posted: Mon Dec  9 06:07:58 1985
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Reply-To: kay@flame.UUCP (Kay Dekker)
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In article <562@ttidcb.UUCP> speaker@ttidcb.UUCP (Kenneth Speaker) writes:
[quoting: someone else]
>>I was once told (many years ago) that crap stands for
>>
>>	C oncentrated
>>	R ecycled
>>	A nimal
>>	P rotein
>>
>>And if it doesn't, I think it should!
>
>Unfortunately, only is severe digestive disorders does it contain any
>significant amount of protein.  Rather, primarily:
>
>	Water
>	Bacterial remains
>	Indigestible fiber
>	then a host of minor components

Yes, but why spoil a good folk-etymology with facts?  and anyway, CRAP is
a lot easier to pronounce than WBIt... :-)  "wabbit"?

							Kay.
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