DLTDHYOTWO (Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out)

[Wilson Gray]

I know a different version: "Don't let the door hit you where the good
Lord split you." However, I've never heard or seen DLTDHYWTGLSY as a
variant of this version or of any other.

-Wilson

On 11/1/07, Barry Popik <bapopik at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Karen Hughes has left her position with the Bush administration and is
> returning to Austin, Texas.
> ...
> In her blog, Michelle Malkin commented: DLTDHYOTWO.
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> ...
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> http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/31/goodbye-karen-hughes/
> On October 31st, 2007 at 2:52 pm, MrVIBEMAN said:
> Markie13, it means:
>
> Don't
> Let
> The
> Door
> Hit
> You
> On
> The
> Way
> Out.
> ...
> ...
> 14 July 1963, Gastonia (NC) Gazette, pg. 5D, col. 7:
> If your wife wanted to stay after visiting hours (a practice permitted
> in private rooms), it didn't matter whether the other fellow's wife
> was staying also, both had to go and don't let the door hit you on the
> way out.
> ...
> ...
> 21 January 1974,  Hayward (CA) Daily Review, pg. 15, col. 1:
> He feels the same way any professional athlete does when he's handed
> his hat and coat and told not to let the door hit him in his
> backpocket on the way out.
> ...
> ...
> 16 March 1978, Charleston (WV) Gazette, Letters, pg. 9A, col. 1:
> If you don't like "Jesus Saves" signs in a country that believes in
> Jesus, don't let the door hit you on the way out.
> ...
> ...
> (GOOGLE BOOKS)
> Managing Communications for Productivity: Interpersonal Relationships - Page xvi
> by Betty Morgan - Business & Economics - 1981 - 308 pages
> "Don't let the door hit you on the way out," he said disgustedly. Two
> days later,
> hordes of Russian engineers and tons of Russian atomic hardware began ...
> ...
> ...
> (GOOGLE GROUPS)
> Response to Moe's unprovoked insults: was Re: FYI:EGG SUCKING
> Group: alt.med.fibromyalgia I don't recall her telling the group she
> did. Did she write you a personal email
> and say, "Oh I have a headache. Please go back in the group and tell
> something I
> may have told you privately? Nice friend. Yeah, I can tell your group
> will go far.
> We'll sure as hell miss you. But as has been said before, DLTDHYOTWO. ...
> Nov 11 1998 by Martron - 141 messages - 44 authors
> ...
> ...
> (GOOGLE BLOGS)
> OU Hoops (Sampson Departure/Capel Hire) 13 Apr 2006 by sdub
> Good luck Kelvin, but DLTDHYOTWO. Capelble (sorry - to easy to
> resist). I'm not going to lie and say that Capel was anywhere on my
> radar screen when the coaching search begin. I may remember him as a
> player at Duke, but it could just be ...
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