[Ads-l] knockdown

[Jonathan Lighter]

>From the same 1989 movie:

"Would any of you young people care to buy a combat-weary veteran another
knock?"

'A drink of whisky.'

Also new. Where did they get this stuff?

JL

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 3:20 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> 'Inside information; lowdown.'
>
> 1980 Millard Kaufman, James Poe, et al. _Enola Gay_ (NBC-TV movie): He's
> got the knockdown on everybody.
>
> New to me.
>
> JL
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>


-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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