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Thread #142393   Message #3281880
Posted By: The Sandman
30-Dec-11 - 07:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: Happy 10th Birthday the Euro.
Subject: RE: BS: Happy 10th Birthday the Euro.
Gadarene swine the pigs into which Jesus cast the demons that had possessed a madman (see legion), and which as a result ran down a steep cliff into the sea and were killed; from this, Gadarene means involving or engaged in a headlong or potentially disastrous rush to do something.
GADERENE NOT GABERDINE