let it drag

[Jonathan Lighter]

So..."let the bottom of the race car drag!" means what then?  Sounds like a
prescription for failure.

JL

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Probably the bottom of the race car itself.
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> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > From a TV commercial for NASCAR:
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> > "No holds barred - and let the rough side drag!!"
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> > Jesse Winchester released his LP _Let the Rough Side Drag_ in 1976, as if
> > that explains anything.
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> > What rough side?
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