The things I learn here, my goodness. In the last 60 seconds I've learned that a Loon is not a duck (wrong for 50+ years on that one) and that the twitchiness of moldy horse hair is the source of that old saying. Gotta love the QB! Roflol.
Originally Posted by
kwiltkrazy
A wild hair is something silly you do on impulse. Derived from a horse hair that falls in the trough and gets fungus growing on it and twitches uncontrollably.