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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 13:37:45 -0600
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- From: Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>
- Subject: flies
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- Question...does anyone know the origin of the expression, "There aren't
- any flies on me"? It seems to me there was a song that contained the
- lines, "There may be flies on some of you guys, but there ain't no flies on
- me," but I don't think that's where the expression came from.
- ndh
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