"flying fuck"

[Sam Clements]

Newspaperarchive has from 1952 a cite for "take a flying jump at a rolling
doughnut" and from 1972 "take a flying leap at a rolling doughnut."  So the
expression no doubt goes back a ways, not that we'll find "flying fuck" in
print very easily.

Sam Clements
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: "flying fuck"


> Ron writes:
>
>>"Now that you mention it, I remember this
>>  insult from the 1950's.
>
> Likewise.
>
> -Wilson
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 7:17 PM,  <RonButters at aol.com> wrote:
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>>  In a message dated 4/17/08 2:14:01 PM, funex79 at CHARTER.NET writes:
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>>  > I've heard it as:
>>  > "Why don't you go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut!"
>>  >
>>
>>  Thus something of little worth--OK. (Now that you mention it, I remember
>> this
>>  insult from the 1950s.)
>>
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