In message , B2431
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From: "Paul J. Adam"
Paul, that term comes from having an accident while stuffing one's side arm
into the front waist of one's pants.

Sorry, Dan, but it dates back to the flintlock days

I keep forgetting some things don't translate into Brit. It's an old joke,
sorry.

Right - got it on the second try. Cheers.

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When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

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