New F-word Proverb

[Dennis Preston]

Except for those of us in the NRA, the word "fight" first brings up
visions of fists, not gun-slingin.

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>         What is the distinction being made between the "fight" and "go
>for your gun" options?
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>John Baker
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>2003 rec.gambing.poker
>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.gambling.poker/msg/b9568fd7203c9748
>(Apr. 1): Fight, Fuck, or go for your gun.
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>   2006 Rick Newman & Don Shepperd _Bury Us Upside Down_ (N.Y.: Random
>House/Presidio Press) 13 [ref. to 1960s]: This was the "fuck, fight, or
>go for your gun" Air Force.
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>   2006 _Washington Monthly_
>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2006_06/009030.php
>(June 18):
>   Just like that old saying "fuck, fight, or go for your gun", i move as
>fast as possible to the third option.
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>   JL
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
Morrill Hall 15-C
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864 USA

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