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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 07:44 AM Original message |
"Screwed the pooch"--anybody heard this expression? |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yup. Heard it in a movie: "The Right Stuff." n/t |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Yeah, that was the first thing that came to mind. Right before Gus' flight. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yep. GREAT movie. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I'd probably put it in my Top 10, too. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. LOL |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. "The Right Stuff" is probably my favorite movie, too |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. That dates it to the early sixties, if not before. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's a brilliant yet horrible expression |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I was hearing (and using) it for years before I actually stopped to think about it |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Very Common original Military definition below |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have heard it |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Thanks for the info. I didn't know wiktionary existed! nt |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. yes.... it`s used in polite circles |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. Sure lots of times |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. My in-laws say "f*ck the bunny" |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, but I could have happily lived the rest of my life without hearing it again |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. We used it in the military all the time |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Literally, it seems to imply... |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. It does indeed |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. I've only heard it in corporate environments, never in the military |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. Yes. |
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