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Thread #83816   Message #2034589
Posted By: GUEST,meself
24-Apr-07 - 02:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: Old expressions explained
Subject: RE: BS: Old expressions explained
Yeah, but you and 97.8% of the people you meet will THINK that you are wise, and that's all that matters.

Btw - re: "for the love o' Pete". This expression refers to a well-known gigolo of mysterious origin who appeared in Paris around the end of WWI - or, according to some sources, around the end of the Roman conquest of Gaul. Lonely patrician women would ...