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Old 05-11-2008   #205 (permalink)
ManlyBanisters
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Originally Posted by dong20 View Post
There seems to be a prevailing logic that support anything other than one extreme means support for its 'opposite'.
Logic?

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Originally Posted by dong20 View Post
I think the terms 'Scot-free' dates back to mediaeval times; in relation to the avoidance of a tax (scot). If one avoided payment one was considered to have got off 'scot free'. It has nothing to do with Scotland at all.
Um, I know*, I was being daft... an alien concept to you perhaps, but don't knock it til you've tried it.

* Having looked it up about 2 years ago to settle an argument - I won't tell you who won... but it wasn't me