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   Surely, your thinking of 'trawling'?   
      
   "Vince"  wrote in message   
   news:M9i3d.35739$hZ3.10701@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...   
   > "Brian Doyle" wrote   
   > > Vince wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > But isn't "feed the troll" a mixed metaphor?   
   > >   
   > > Out of curiosity, why? Trolls need to eat just like other monsters. So   
   not   
   > > to feed one is a very direct metaphor.   
   >   
   > I believe that 'Trolling' is taking from a fishing term.   
   >   
   > So the 'troll' is throwing out some bait hoping that somebody bites.   
   >   
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