Joe Geiser writes:
>James Trudeau says...
>
>> Yep.  I've used Adager since 1987.  Wurks good.  Nice folks.
>>  Makes ya happy as a bird in a bucket of bugs.
>
>I gotta remember this one --- 'happy as a bird in a bucket of bugs'.  Beat's
>the one used here a lot --- 'happy as a pig in.....'  ;-)

Of course, unless the species of bird and bug are specified, the
emotional state of the bird cannot be determined with any certainty.
There are many such situations where the bugs would be much happier than
the bird.

So "happy as a bird in a bucket of bugs" could find useful service as one
of those insults that gives the insulting party a good head start.

-- Bruce


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