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Re: BORING!

#39277 08/25/2001 11:16 PM

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Regarding the original question...
When I speculate on the origin of "calling the shots," I get a mental picture of a guy with a bullhorn in a chair marked "Director" (hence "shots" would refer to camera shots). Could there be any validity to this, or did we already decide it was something else?

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to call the shots Marianna 08/23/2001 11:04 AM

Re: to call the shots Bean 08/23/2001 11:07 AM

Re: to call the shots Faldage 08/23/2001 11:44 AM

Re: to call the shots wwh 08/23/2001 12:59 PM

Re: to call the shots Faldage 08/23/2001 1:08 PM

Re: to call the shots Bean 08/23/2001 1:32 PM

Re: to call the shots tsuwm 08/23/2001 1:43 PM

Re: to call the shots maverick 08/23/2001 3:50 PM

Re: to call the shots stales 08/24/2001 2:05 AM

Re: to call the shots tsuwm 08/24/2001 2:28 AM

Re: to call the shots WhitmanO'Neill 08/24/2001 2:55 AM

Re: to call the shots tsuwm 08/24/2001 3:03 AM

Re: to call the shots WhitmanO'Neill 08/24/2001 3:34 AM

The Babe and the Cubs Bobyoungbalt 08/24/2001 3:15 PM

Re: The one armed player Faldage 08/24/2001 3:36 PM

Re: The one armed player Bobyoungbalt 08/24/2001 3:45 PM

Re: The one armed player tsuwm 08/24/2001 4:10 PM

Re: The one armed player Faldage 08/24/2001 4:35 PM

Re: The one armed player tsuwm 08/24/2001 5:00 PM

Re: The one handed player WhitmanO'Neill 08/24/2001 11:24 PM

Re: The Babe and the Cubs Keiva 08/24/2001 5:38 PM

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Re: I got you, Babe. Faldage 08/24/2001 7:32 PM

Re: I got you, Babe. tsuwm 08/24/2001 8:16 PM

Re: I got you, Babe. wwh 08/24/2001 8:39 PM

Re: I got you, Babe. WhitmanO'Neill 08/24/2001 11:15 PM

Re: I got you, Babe. jimthedog 08/25/2001 11:19 AM

Re: BORING maverick 08/25/2001 2:02 PM

Re: BORING! tsuwm 08/25/2001 2:21 PM

Re: BORING! maverick 08/25/2001 2:47 PM

Re: BORING! Keiva 08/25/2001 4:08 PM

Re: BORING! maverick 08/25/2001 4:52 PM

Re: BORING! wwh 08/25/2001 8:00 PM

Re: BORING! maverick 08/25/2001 8:09 PM

Re: BORING! wwh 08/25/2001 8:52 PM

Re: BORING! WhitmanO'Neill 08/25/2001 8:54 PM

Max Quordlepleen 08/25/2001 9:22 PM

Re: BORING! Keiva 08/25/2001 9:58 PM

Post deleted by musick musick 08/25/2001 10:13 PM

Re: 'S-BORTING! Keiva 08/25/2001 10:36 PM

Re: BORING! wwh 08/25/2001 10:56 PM

Re: BORING! francais31415 08/25/2001 11:16 PM

Re: Calling the Shots/Boring!/Baseball WhitmanO'Neill 08/26/2001 1:52 AM

[red]warning[/red]: YART alert tsuwm 08/26/2001 2:23 AM

Post deleted by musick musick 08/26/2001 2:54 AM

Re: Warm and fuzzy...again! WhitmanO'Neill 08/26/2001 3:06 AM

Wrong side of the thread Jackie 08/26/2001 3:23 AM

Re: Wrong side of the thread tsuwm 08/26/2001 3:28 AM

Re: Wrong side of the thread Jackie 08/26/2001 3:33 AM

Max Quordlepleen 08/26/2001 3:49 AM

Re: Wrong side of the thread Marianna 08/26/2001 9:09 AM

Re: Wrong side of the thread Bingley 08/26/2001 9:48 AM

Re: Wrong side of the thread maverick 08/26/2001 1:21 PM

Re: I didn't know ... re sports threads wow 08/26/2001 2:37 PM

Squiffy? Jackie 08/26/2001 3:33 PM

Re: Squiffy? Bingley 08/27/2001 4:17 AM

Re: Wrong side of the thread Keiva 08/26/2001 5:17 PM

Re: starting new thread wow 08/26/2001 6:36 PM

Re: Wrong side of the thread Marianna 08/27/2001 7:20 AM

Re: Wrong side of the thread Jackie 08/27/2001 10:34 AM

Re: BORING! tsuwm 09/07/2001 4:19 PM

Re: tsuwm got you, Babe. Faldage 08/25/2001 11:38 PM

Re: to call the shots Faldage 08/24/2001 3:53 PM

Post deleted by musick musick 08/24/2001 4:32 PM

Re: in common Faldage 08/24/2001 4:38 PM

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Re: in common Faldage 08/24/2001 4:47 PM

Post deleted by musick musick 08/24/2001 4:57 PM

Re: in common Faldage 08/24/2001 5:02 PM

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