blamed

[James A. Landau]

I used the expression "blamed if I know what..." and my son, 23 years old who has lived all his life in New Jersey, asked me what it meant.

I thought this was a common figure of speech (along with "hanged if I...", "darned if I...", "damned if I...", etc) but perhaps not.

     James A. Landau

"white people have no souls"  - Baron Munchausen

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