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From: josh@topaz.ARPA (J Storrs Hall)
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Subject: Re: Sayings
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Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 00:21:57 EST
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> from Ronin:
 ...
> She had two sayings that I never heard before:
> 
>  1) That's the thing.
>  2) Close the lights (meaning -- turn off the lights).

"That's the thing" is pretty common-- it occurs in the first Star Wars
movie, for example (in the bar scene).

I've never heard "Close the lights" but "Shut the lights" was occasionally
heard where I grew up (Mississippi).

--JoSH