http://www.word-detective.com/2007/06/08/sweatperspire/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.word-detective.com/2007/06/08/sweatperspire/comment-page-1/#comment-84 beehappy Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:30:55 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=93#comment-84 It is actually true that some animals (pigs, dogs included) don't have sweat glands. Thats why dogs stick out their tongues to get cool, while pigs roll around in mud... It is actually true that some animals (pigs, dogs included) don’t have sweat glands. Thats why dogs stick out their tongues to get cool, while pigs roll around in mud…

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2007/06/08/sweatperspire/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Literalman Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:09:43 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=93#comment-73 Our delegate to the Virginia state legislature (who is a high school teacher of, I think, agriculture) said that we should not say "sweat like a pig" (or presumably, glow like a pig), because pigs, he said, don't sweat. Our delegate to the Virginia state legislature (who is a high school teacher of, I think, agriculture) said that we should not say “sweat like a pig” (or presumably, glow like a pig), because pigs, he said, don’t sweat.

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