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From: "Julian Treadwell" <julian.treadwell@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
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Andrew Thompson wrote:
> Timasmith wrote:
> ...
>> Finally my other beef ...
> 
> <musing>
> Why is it, people say 'beef' when they have a problem?
> Why not 'scarab beeetle' or 'chocolate crunchy frog'?
> 
> Personally, I prefer chicken, or anything that tastes like
> chicken - I wonder if scarab beetles taste like chicken,
> but crunchy?
> </musing>

Don't expect you really wanted a serious answer to that question, and if 
  so that's lucky 'cause nobody knows.

http://www.word-detective.com/052301.html

has a guess.

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