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#151517 - 12/04/05 05:19 PM shit fire and save matches
dalehileman Pooh-Bah Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1773 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA	171 hits but meaning not apparent. Could this be one of those all-purpose phrases that the user drops anywhere he thinks it conceivably fit? How long has it been around _________________________ dalehileman
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#151518 - 12/04/05 07:20 PM Re: shit fire and save matches
consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean	From Amerispeak, expressions of our American ancestors: THEY SAID: Shit fire and save your matches WE SAY: Wow! From Texas Slang II: Shit (or shoot) fire and save the matches. ("I'll be darn) I've never heard this expression. Where'd you run across it, Dale?
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#151519 - 12/04/05 07:50 PM Re: shit fire and save matches
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont	it's a new one for me, too. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#151520 - 12/05/05 06:14 AM Re: shit fire and save matches
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	I've heard "shit fire" but nothing about saving matches. It was never said in an intonation that would suggest that "shit" was a transitive verb with "fire" the object. The emphasis was always on the "shit".
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#151521 - 12/05/05 01:57 PM Re: shit fire and save matches
dalehileman Pooh-Bah Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1773 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA	Con, I think I encountered it on PF _________________________ dalehileman
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#151522 - 12/05/05 08:55 PM Re: shit fire and save matches
Elizabeth Creith addict Registered: 03/22/05 Posts: 500 Loc: Northern Ontario, Canada	I came across it in the novel "Cold Mountain". The book is vastly superior to the movie, even if the movie DOES have Donald Sutherland in it.
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#151523 - 12/05/05 09:46 PM Re: shit fire and save matches
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	Donald Sutherland played the role of Mister Bennett in this year's movie version of "Pride and Prejudice" and did it wonderfully.
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#151524 - 12/05/05 10:45 PM Re: shit fire and save matches
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	DS does seem to be improving with age -- or maybe it's just the comparison to Kiefer...
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#151525 - 12/06/05 01:11 AM Re: shit fire and save matches
TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC	Quote: DS does seem to be improving with age -- or maybe it's just the comparison to Kiefer... So what are we, pate? _________________________ TEd
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#151526 - 12/06/05 06:31 AM Re: shit fire and save matches
inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City	DS is hilarious in his screen debut(?) in Little Murders.
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