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"Slam! Down goes Fraser!" [?]
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:32:53 GMT
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> > Personally, I feel obliged to help those in need. Personally, I feel proud that
> > the UK is taking international aid seriously. The wealth of western nations is
> > built on exploitation of the developing world and the destruction of the global
> > environmemt.
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> Slam! Down goes Fraser!
You'll have to explain this colloquialism to me.
Scott A
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: "Slam! Down goes Fraser!" [?]
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| (...) Is much like if I say 'The Giants Win the Pennant!! The Giants win the pennant!!" but more apt--is the line the announcer said when the finishing blow in a famous boxing match was thrown--"Down goes Fraser!" = finishing blow = nail in coffin = (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The US gives too much/not enough aid
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes: <snip> (...) Bingo. (...) Ouch! Truth. (...) Slam! Down goes Fraser! (...) And finally the punch that Ali never threw--Wow, new appreciation for Scott. (...) Wow! Scott hit the nail directly on the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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