Date:  Wed, 25 Oct 1995 12:53:33 -0500

From:  "Gregory J. Pulliam" <HUMPULLIAM[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MINNA.ACC.IIT.EDU>

Subject: Re: Big Dogs



I'm familiar with "big dogs" meaning "big boys" but not with the phrase you

cite about getting "off the porch." I seem to remember older friends of

mine telling me "You're running with the big dogs now." I grew up in

north and central Mississippi.

Greg Pulliam