*Oh Gawd! I've been hoping someone ELSE would post this message but it's
not happening so I am driven to do it myself: This thread has often
mentioned the terms used to designate the ball-joint separator.
"Pickle-fork" is common but in the earthy venacular of the Southwest, the
tool is often referred to as a "Possum-Pecker". *
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*Inquiring minds will want to know HOW this term could POSSIBLY become
applicable; I researched it on the net:*
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>>>>Possums, a more distantly related non-placental
mammal, not only have two uteri and two cervixes and a forked vag--a,
but the male (o)possum has a pen_s appropriately forked at the end to
deal with the anatomy! I kid you not.
Your party trivia for the day.<<<<
Steve Harris, M.D.
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