To: Trueblackman
“...decimated.” I like the sound of that.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
We have too many to choose from for 2007, so we will move this one to 2008.
7 posted on
08/07/2007 12:59:32 PM PDT by
Trueblackman
(Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Actually, decimated means killing one out of ten. Comes from the Roman practice of doing just that with soldiers if they failed in battle and needed extra motivation.
8 posted on
08/07/2007 12:59:37 PM PDT by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom! Non-Sequitur = Pee Wee Herman.)
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