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martinHorut

#530909 Sun, 22 Jun 08 11:11 AM

Hello, in a book called the Mammoth Academy, a mammoth came down with a cold and had a "wooly hearing". What's that? Thank you.

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Mister Micawber

#530911 Sun, 22 Jun 08 11:18 AM

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Well, I suppose there is a word joke involved ('Wooly Mammoth'), but wooly also means 'confused and vague'.

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RayH

#531151 Sun, 22 Jun 08 09:16 PM

martinHorut
Hello, in a book called the Mammoth Academy, a mammoth came down with a cold and had a "wooly hearing". What's that? Thank you.

I'm not familiar with the book but given the context my guess is that the mammoth is not hearing as well as usual due to his ears being stuffed up (as a result of the cold).

It's "came down with a cold and had a woolly hearing", by the way.

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