> > No, hominy is the part that sounds good with the malady. ;-}
>
> An Indian, er, Native American, once had a mysterious ailment so he went to his local medicine man. The medicine man did some incantations, gave him a strip of leather and told him to chew off a little bit every day until he got better.
>
> Two weeks later, the sufferer turned up at the medicine man's place again. "How are you?" the medicine man asked.
>
> The poor guy sighed and said, "The thong is ended, but the malady lingers on."

If I had made that one up, I'd want to hide...

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