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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:48:18 +1000
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- Subject: Re: An observation
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- >"You've had the biscuit!" is something one might say to
- >someone who has used up their last chance.
- >
- >Pierre l'triscuit
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- That would be "You've had the rachet!" here. "He did his biscuit!" means he
- 'went off half-cocked' or 'flew off the handle' because 'his brains were
- over-baked'. :-)
-
- Carolyn
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