Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] linux on ibook

[Ben de Luca <c9415120@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry lewis was in a film "Hook, line and sinker"
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0064439


Its "hook,line and sinker" like "lock, stock and barrel". With the
obvious meaning. Though with the amount of google hits the 'like'
alternative gives, I think there is no way are putty that meme back in
the bottle.

bd



On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 09:44, Mary wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2003, Michael Lake wrote:
> > Craige McWhirter wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 21:59, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > > ></hook like and sinker>
> > 
> > > I always thought it was "hook, line and sinker". Could be wrong
> > > though.
> > 
> > Well google gives for "hook, line and sinker"
> > http://www.nytimes.com/ref/crosswords/trivia/quiz214.html
> 
> On the other hand, querying without the quotes, the first hits for hook
> like and sinker are pages that feature the phrase "hook line and
> sinker".
> 
> "hook, line and sinker" has always made sense to me - it's a fish being
> caught and swallowing the entire bait and the fishing line.
> 
> -Mary