Stircrazy wrote:

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DavidC wrote:

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Julia Carrot wrote:

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What has Steven done again ?

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 failed his spelling bee

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Well worked out, David!   He, of all people, should know better!

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Oh dear, I must have subconsciously remembered I'd got it wrong before and assumed it must be spelt the opposite way to how you'd naturally expect it to be spelt.  If I remember right, the original mistake came from believing the spelling on the BBC results page one day - and you can't get much more stupid than trusting the BBC to be accurate

Helen40 wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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 Squeaky bum time!

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 Please explain.

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Since SMC's already posted an explanation of the actual meaning of the phrase, I'll confine myself to admitting that I use it with a liberal dose of "poetic" licence & pointing out that it's very much a reflection of my cynical view of the lottery that is the match tie-break.