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Re: Cases, again

From:Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 23, 2004, 3:24
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:50:02 -0500, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:56:18PM -0500, Roger Mills wrote: >> When will "groovy" return? > > Never, one can hope. That way we can chalk up the 1970s to a long > shared nightmare, quite possibly a hallucinogenic aftereffect of the > 1960s. > ;-)
Meh. I use "groovy" on occasion, but only with people who know enough to know I'm using it semi-ironically.
>> OK, Fellow Americans under ....40? (And no fair googling...........) > > I'm 35, so I'll have a go. > > SPOILERS AHEAD for those who want > to try answering the quiz themselves > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > >> What's "4F"? or "1A" and/or "2S"? > > I've only heard "4F". Means unsuitable to serve in the military for > medical reasons.
Or, as Spike Milligan put it, "Unfit to be killed in battle by either side". Paul