Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!passion.nalgo.co.jp!news.moat.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!p01!lakeread06.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Rykk Adams" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <41AF4CC0.7060702@hotmail.com> <41AF5B3B.1080600@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Debito says "I want my country back"! Lines: 23 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:40:31 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.10.254.106 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: lakeread06 1102103398 68.10.254.106 (Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:49:58 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:49:58 EST Organization: Cox Communications Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:23056 Paul Blay wrote: > "necoandjeff" wrote ... >> Rykk wrote: >>> necoandjeff wrote: >>>> Declan Murphy wrote: >>>>> Then I gave up. I'm pretty sure I've never seen the expression >>>>> before tonight. >>>> >>>> Ditto. >>> >>> The way I usually hear it is "Don't get bent out of shape over it." >>> Never just "Get bent" by itself. >> >> Agree. > > When doing a parody of a police show the usual phrase is > "Get bent copper!" The word copper gives it away. I'm an american. Get bent must be a brittishism. :) Rykk