FW: Antedatings for BBC List

[Fred Shapiro]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Mullins, Bill wrote:

> What does "something for the weekend" mean???

Thanks to the beauty of electronic databases, I actually antedated this
without having the slightest idea what it means.  Subsequently I found out
it means "condom."  Ah, the British...

Fred


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