Morning wood (UNCLASSIFIED)

[victor steinbok]

I'd look for evidence a bit earlier -- perhaps by about a decade (or less).
At the time, it was suggested it came from BE... Whether there is a
connection, I have no idea.

                  VS-)

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> I associate the phrase with Wayne and Garth from the "Wayne's World"
> sketches on SNL.
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> > Ca 1993, IIRC.
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