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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Close counts only in horseshoes #134615 10/27/2004 4:03 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Not familiar with it, but the way I always heard it, it went, "Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades." OTOH, I grew up on military reservations. Maybe we say it differently than everyone else. k Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Close counts only in horseshoes priya 10/27/2004 2:30 PM Re: Close counts only in horseshoes Jackie 10/27/2004 2:46 PM Re: Close counts only in horseshoes priya 10/27/2004 4:32 PM Re: Close counts only in horseshoes Buffalo Shrdlu 10/27/2004 5:41 PM Re: Close counts only in horseshoes TheFallibleFiend 10/27/2004 4:03 PM Re: Close counts only in horseshoes Buffalo Shrdlu 10/27/2004 4:07 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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