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The cranes are at the shop
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I'm now reading "The Eye of Vichy" (WW2 France).
I would have sworn "The cranes are at the shop" was a Resistance code phrase!
"Your brother does not like crepes suzette. Repeat. Your brother does not like crepes suzette."
"The rabbit has left the hutch... "
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Or Red Skelton's code phrase in A Southern Yankee (1948) ... "It's nice to be back among the magnolias again".
Man - can't believe I remember that line.
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This from a guy who remembers the line, "I think I'll call it the wheel."
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This from a guy who remembers the line, "I think I'll call it the wheel."
Ptoo-i!
We didnt' call it a "wheel"! (Back in those days, we didn't have a W yet.)
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This from a guy who remembers the line, "I think I'll call it the wheel."
No,it was "I'll call it Fire".