Citations:busy as a dyke in a hardware store

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• 2003 November 19, Glarb Shattenstein, “Thank You R. Farnsworth!”, in alt.smokers.cigars‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <9981f27.0311191145.25285deb@posting.google.com>:

  At any rate, please rest assured that I will be as busy as a dyke in a hardware store smoking these things!

• 2005 June 15, Duck <duckkayak@'microsoftsemailservice'.com>, “SCI Report”, in soc.culture.irish‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <d8pi7g$du5$1@domitilla.aioe.org>:

  Well I've been as busy as a dyke in a hardware store, so it's long overdue for a rant.

• (Can we date this quote?), Amira Lane, Dominance and Devotion: Steamy Tales of BDSM Encounters:

  "You've had me busy as a dyke in a hardware store for a few months now. I don't like busy, Detective. I prefer retired life." I snorted. "Then retire. That could have saved us both a lot of trouble."

• 2010 June 18, lipschitz, “Translation of an idiomatic expression”, in it.cultura.linguistica.inglese‎^[3] (Usenet):

  Hi folks, I listened in a comedian show the following expression "Busy as a dyke in a hardware store". How could I translate it in Italian? Please consider that the context is a comedy show. Thanks