let it drag

Dan Goncharoff thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Sun May 8 23:13:24 UTC 2011


Probably the bottom of the race car itself.
DanG

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From a TV commercial for NASCAR:
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> "No holds barred - and let the rough side drag!!"
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> Jesse Winchester released his LP _Let the Rough Side Drag_ in 1976, as if
> that explains anything.
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> What rough side?
>
> JL
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