"Out where the buses don't run"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Back in 1958, Time magazine's teen-talk review of _High School Confidential_
included the phrase, "It's so far out, the trains don't run there anymore."

If you doubt the film's classic status, the DVD may disabuse you.

JL

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Fox Business host, Eric Bolling, on blaming the U.S. for 9/11:
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> "… Ron Paul is out where the buses don’t run …"
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> quoted on www.rawstory.com.
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