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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Close counts only in horseshoes #134615 10/27/04 04:03 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 10/27/04 02:30 PM Re: Close counts only in horseshoes Jackie 10/27/04 02:46 PM Re: Close counts only in horseshoes priya 10/27/04 04:32 PM Re: Close counts only in horseshoes Buffalo Shrdlu 10/27/04 05:41 PM Re: Close counts only in horseshoes TheFallibleFiend 10/27/04 04:03 PM Re: Close counts only in horseshoes Buffalo Shrdlu 10/27/04 04:07 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,374 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 162 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,562 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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