get the snafu

[Jonathan Lighter]

A new one on me. And note primitive spelling:

1943 _Racine Journal-Times_ (Sept. 19) 4: "They probably got the snafoo
from a German patrol," said the driver. "These hills are full of Germans.
Particularly snipers."

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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