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La Fayette
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albi, france
Oct 2000 time: 06:14
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quote: Originally posted by Rasputin
now we are way off topic .. but what the hell is 22 to do with a cop ??? |
'vingt deux, v'la les flics' ('v'la' is short for 'voilà')
the translation of that readymade phrase is exactly: 'twenty two, here are the cops'
Why 22? I don't know, but I shall check and I let you know if I find something.
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Marquis de Sodaq
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... no, a Marquis.
Jul 2000 time: 23:14
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Ah, FMK, you belie your youth! Five-O is spelling out the number 50 - after all, in the US few people actually say "zero." This was popularized by an old teevee show called Hawaii 5-0 about, imagine that, a cop in bikinibabeville. IIRC, the number itself is just a department call number for our s****y hero detective. I was young when this aired, anybody who knows better please correct my memory!
And this is now back on topic, as the original thread asked about entertainers. If Hawaii 5-0 isn't entertainment, what is? 
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jpk
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Minneapolis
Feb 1999 time: 05:14
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During the days of the flappers (F. Scott Fitzgerald era) there was a saying "22 skidoo." No, I don't know where THAT 22 came from.
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