more shit

[Dave Monroe]

Y = YMCA ... though, of course, "Y and shit" lacks the, er, elegance, or, at
least, the concision of "A and P(ee)" ...

Paul Mackin wrote:

> There was a particularly nasty usage I remember from a novel ("Looking for
> Mr. Goodbar" maybe). The guy (homocidal maniac I think it turned out) who
> picks up the heroine in the bar won't take her to his home on the grounds
> that he doesn't shit where he lives.
>
> Another:
> I think I'll go to the A and P and you can go to the Y and shit.
> A friend told me that her grandmother used to say this. I
> get the A and P part but the rest slightly escapes me. Also it may be too
> literal--the thread properly pertains to more figurative usages.
>                         P.