[SNIP]
> This nothing-to-lose attitude is one reason the
Baumes Law was
> eventually repealed.
Wasn't this recently re-introduced by a saxophonist with a
bent willy?
ED
btw, Kathy, thanks for the informative post.
I was at a book fair at the week-end and saw an
enticing-looking
dictionary of Slang & Underworld Argot (Partridge? Can't
quite recall)
Anyway, I looked up Baume's rush -- no dice. At 25
beer-tokens I
decided the tome was somewhat over-priced and left it on the
stand.
(I did pick up the _Playback_ screenplay though).
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