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The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill

by r------ on Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 at 11:18:57 AM EST
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Slang for getting sense - as in she should cop herself on and stop....

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 at 12:52:48 PM EST
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Heh. Hadn't heard that one.

Irishism?

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill

by r------ on Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 at 01:08:31 PM EST
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probably - not sure of its ethnographic extent - I thought it might be more widespread which is why I used it

"It's a mystery to me - the game commences, For the usual fee - plus expenses, Confidential information - it's in my diary..."
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 at 01:17:47 PM EST
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