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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: BORING! #39277 08/25/01 11:16 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 F francais31415 member francais31415 member F Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 157 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted to call the shots Marianna 08/23/01 11:04 AM Re: to call the shots Bean 08/23/01 11:07 AM Re: to call the shots Faldage 08/23/01 11:44 AM Re: to call the shots wwh 08/23/01 12:59 PM Re: to call the shots Faldage 08/23/01 01:08 PM Re: to call the shots Bean 08/23/01 01:32 PM Re: to call the shots tsuwm 08/23/01 01:43 PM Re: to call the shots maverick 08/23/01 03:50 PM Re: to call the shots stales 08/24/01 02:05 AM Re: to call the shots tsuwm 08/24/01 02:28 AM Re: to call the shots WhitmanO'Neill 08/24/01 02:55 AM Re: to call the shots tsuwm 08/24/01 03:03 AM Re: to call the shots WhitmanO'Neill 08/24/01 03:34 AM The Babe and the Cubs Bobyoungbalt 08/24/01 03:15 PM Re: The one armed player Faldage 08/24/01 03:36 PM Re: The one armed player Bobyoungbalt 08/24/01 03:45 PM Re: The one armed player tsuwm 08/24/01 04:10 PM Re: The one armed player Faldage 08/24/01 04:35 PM Re: The one armed player tsuwm 08/24/01 05:00 PM Re: The one handed player WhitmanO'Neill 08/24/01 11:24 PM Re: The Babe and the Cubs Keiva 08/24/01 05:38 PM Post deleted by musick musick 08/24/01 07:27 PM Re: I got you, Babe. Faldage 08/24/01 07:32 PM Re: I got you, Babe. tsuwm 08/24/01 08:16 PM Re: I got you, Babe. wwh 08/24/01 08:39 PM Re: I got you, Babe. WhitmanO'Neill 08/24/01 11:15 PM Re: I got you, Babe. jimthedog 08/25/01 11:19 AM Re: BORING maverick 08/25/01 02:02 PM Re: BORING! tsuwm 08/25/01 02:21 PM Re: BORING! maverick 08/25/01 02:47 PM Re: BORING! Keiva 08/25/01 04:08 PM Re: BORING! maverick 08/25/01 04:52 PM Re: BORING! wwh 08/25/01 08:00 PM Re: BORING! maverick 08/25/01 08:09 PM Re: BORING! wwh 08/25/01 08:52 PM Re: BORING! WhitmanO'Neill 08/25/01 08:54 PM Max Quordlepleen 08/25/01 09:22 PM Re: BORING! Keiva 08/25/01 09:58 PM Post deleted by musick musick 08/25/01 10:13 PM Re: 'S-BORTING! Keiva 08/25/01 10:36 PM Re: BORING! wwh 08/25/01 10:56 PM Re: BORING! francais31415 08/25/01 11:16 PM Re: Calling the Shots/Boring!/Baseball WhitmanO'Neill 08/26/01 01:52 AM [red]warning[/red]: YART alert tsuwm 08/26/01 02:23 AM Post deleted by musick musick 08/26/01 02:54 AM Re: Warm and fuzzy...again! WhitmanO'Neill 08/26/01 03:06 AM Wrong side of the thread Jackie 08/26/01 03:23 AM Re: Wrong side of the thread tsuwm 08/26/01 03:28 AM Re: Wrong side of the thread Jackie 08/26/01 03:33 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/26/01 03:49 AM Re: Wrong side of the thread Marianna 08/26/01 09:09 AM Re: Wrong side of the thread Bingley 08/26/01 09:48 AM Re: Wrong side of the thread maverick 08/26/01 01:21 PM Re: I didn't know ... re sports threads wow 08/26/01 02:37 PM Squiffy? Jackie 08/26/01 03:33 PM Re: Squiffy? Bingley 08/27/01 04:17 AM Re: Wrong side of the thread Keiva 08/26/01 05:17 PM Re: starting new thread wow 08/26/01 06:36 PM Re: Wrong side of the thread Marianna 08/27/01 07:20 AM Re: Wrong side of the thread Jackie 08/27/01 10:34 AM Re: BORING! tsuwm 09/07/01 04:19 PM Re: tsuwm got you, Babe. Faldage 08/25/01 11:38 PM Re: to call the shots Faldage 08/24/01 03:53 PM Post deleted by musick musick 08/24/01 04:32 PM Re: in common Faldage 08/24/01 04:38 PM Post deleted by musick musick 08/24/01 04:44 PM Re: in common Faldage 08/24/01 04:47 PM Post deleted by musick musick 08/24/01 04:57 PM Re: in common Faldage 08/24/01 05:02 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 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 (), 803 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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