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Oh, the *Heimlich* maneuver!

A Bloom County cartoon from 6/25/06, with a malapropistic Opus:

Hind-lick maneuver as an error for Heimlich maneuver has made the net rounds as a joke about two hillbillies. I prefer Breathed’s confused-penguin version.

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One Response to “Oh, the *Heimlich* maneuver!”

  1. arnold zwicky Says:
    January 18, 2016 at 2:15 am | Reply

    From Peg Boucher Murphy on Facebook:

    We tend to call it the hiney remover.

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