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keep this page. It is uselful to know the history behind the phrase as it seems American origin and living in the UK I didn't know its origin. There was a recent newsstory of someone executive using the phrase http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=135422007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.141.83.47 (talk • contribs) 11:39, 26 January 2007

Prod & prod 2 remove, sent to AfD. --RedHillian 12:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is not in common use in the US, to my knowledge and I would really like that sentence changed or cited asap. --mroconnell (talk) 19:01, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Use in popular culture?

There's a Divine Comedy song, 'Something for the Weekend', that uses a variant of this phrase ('there’s something in the woodshed'), I wondered if this was worth including, and if there should be a 'use in popular culture' section for entries like that? Sorry but I'm not confident enough to do it/make the decision myself.

The expression is used in the lyrics of the Supertramp song "Potter." I don't recall hearing the expression used elsewhere besides that. It's not very common. Dansan99 (talk) 00:34, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

President Carter

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't US president Jimmy Carter remark about his supposed ancestry in this way? Kortoso (talk) 20:36, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 : The expression is used in the lyrics of the Supertramp song "Potter."  I don't recall hearing the expression used elsewhere besides that.  It's not very common.  [[User:Dansan99|Dansan99]] ([[User talk:Dansan99|talk]]) 00:34, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
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+Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't US president [[Jimmy Carter]] remark about his supposed ancestry in this way? [[User:Kortoso|Kortoso]] ([[User talk:Kortoso|talk]]) 20:36, 19 January 2016 (UTC)