In Like Flynn? - Page 1
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author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2016, 08:39:18 am
content: I'm Curious...I here Dave say this many times...Who is he referring too?And forgive me if I show my age here, but, is he talking about Flynn from the movie TRON?

author: bobaruni
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2016, 08:46:39 am
content: It's Errol Flynn,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_FlynnIt's an old Australian saying reffering to how Errol was quite good at pulling in the babes and how easy it was for him!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_like_Flynn

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2016, 08:48:54 am
content: ah, yesthat guy was before my time.

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2016, 08:09:57 pm
content: But made the BEST Robin Hood movie

author: Falkra
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2016, 08:40:33 pm
content: Quote from: Falcon69 on November 25, 2016, 08:48:54 amI bet you know Marilyn Monroe, even if she was before your time. And Abraham Lincoln, and dinosaurs.

author: timb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2016, 10:42:27 pm
content: Quote from: bobaruni on November 25, 2016, 08:46:39 amPretty sure it's not Australian...

author: bobaruni
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2016, 12:47:19 am
content: In Australia, when we say the term, we are actually referring to Errol and not anything or anyone else from another country.

author: timb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2016, 01:28:08 am
content: Quote from: bobaruni on November 26, 2016, 12:47:19 amYes, so does everyone else. Though there are a couple of other theories about the phrase's origins, most folk etymologists agree it refers to Erol Flynn.Quote from: wilfred on November 26, 2016, 12:39:02 amIt had wide usage here in the US as well; it most likely originated here sometime during his statutory rape trial in 1942.I can see how it would have been popular in Austria, since Errol Flynn is from there.I just meant the phrase didn't *originate* there, and certainly wasn't *only* widely used there, that's all.

author: bobaruni
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2016, 02:14:43 am
content: Errol Flynn was from Australia, not Austria...there is a difference.

author: joeqsmith
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2016, 02:16:56 am
content: Yea, I had always heard "in" meant putting it in, not having an in. Probably should mention BGA so the topic stays tied to what the website is for...

author: bobaruni
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2016, 02:25:13 am
content: Yes Yes, lol, put it in like Flynn BGA.

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2016, 02:57:39 am
content: It's pretty much an undisputed fact that Errol Flynn invented AIDS. Not because he couldn't keep banging it "in like Flynn", but because all his predecessors, like Schubert, died of syphilis and he went "oh, syphilis - yeah I had that b4 it went all mainstream!"Flynn was the annoying Ozzie Hipster of his day.

author: timb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2016, 06:46:57 am
content: Quote from: bobaruni on November 26, 2016, 02:14:43 amClearly you missed the joke.

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2016, 06:26:53 pm
content: I love the part that says he wanted to title his autobiography "In Like Me"

author: SimonR
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2016, 12:41:05 am
content: Well I've learned something.I always thought he was referring to the movie, but I miss-remembered it. Its actually In Like Flint.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061810/In Like Flynn does indeed refer to Errol Flynn according to Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_like_FlynnSo it must be true