NO REST FOR THE X

[neil]

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> On May 23, 2006, at 7:51 AM, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
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>> And I really like Neil Crawford's "no rest for the righteous."  If
>> that
>> hasn't shown up on Google yet, it should!
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> fair number of hits, including this one under the header "no sleep
> for the wicked":
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> Actually Emmy, that should be no rest for the righteous! I remember
> one of my protestant aunts telling me the original phrase was "no
> peace for the wicked" ...
> weblogs.macromedia.com/emmy/archives/2005/10/no_sleep_for_th.cfm
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> arnold
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Don't know how "No rest for the righteous" surfaced on ADSL!

The retort was: "And even less for the righteous."

--Neil Crawford

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