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"break a leg" solved
Jamjar
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2008/05/17 - 12:34pm
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It seems that the expression, "Break a leg," keeps coming up in the show and is one of the most perplexing sayings. The explanation is obvious. If you don't break your leg you can't go to the cast party. Sorry Grant.

Grant Barrett
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2008/05/17 - 3:07pm
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Obvious to whom? That interpretation of the saying is a post hoc analysis unsupported by the historical evidence.

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2008/05/17 - 8:46pm
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Yeah, but it was a pretty funny (if lame) joke...

Martha Barnette
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2008/05/18 - 12:05pm
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Oh, golly. It took me a minute to get that joke, Jamjar! (Is there an emoticon for "ba-DUM-bum"?)

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