[aclug-L] Re: COX Cable change in email address.. when?

[Michael Moore <mrmoore@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Owen wrote:

>On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, James O. Harms wrote:
>
>>Glenn Wiens wrote:
>>
>>>in like flint. (Oops -- that should date me, eh?)
>>>
>>Actually, it's "in like Flynn".
>>
>
>Actually I'm not sure if he is actually referring to this or not but there
>was a 1960s movie staring James Coburn that was named "In Like Flint".
>It was sort of a spy movie spoof and actually ruined the phrase for a
>while because people confused the orginal and the spoof.
>
Also, he was in another movie called "Our Man Flint".



>>Talk about being dated...
>>
>
>...and and the orginal is a pretty much a reference to statutory rape.
>That may date it the most.  I doubt today such slang would probably become
>so commonly accepted given its origin (or supposed origin because some
>people disagree with it coming from Errol Flynn).
>
>Chris
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