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Posted: 6/21/2002 8:23:58 PM EDT

Does anyone know were tha phrase "I'll give it a shot" comes from.

No guessing please

Thanks,
Maxwell05

Posted: 6/21/2002 9:00:03 PM EDT

[#1]

Yeah, I started that back in, mmmmmmmm, 57'. I was shootin BBs with my buddy and he couldn't even hit a damn hummin bird with that Red Ryder he had, sooooooooo, I said "I'll give it a shot". He looked at me kinda funny and said "can I use that line", I said "sure".

Now you know the rest of the story.

Posted: 6/21/2002 9:19:50 PM EDT

[#2]

Do a quick look on the web for phrase origins. There are some labeled "obvious", though I didn't find this one anywhere.

And it might not be the original phrase, possibly a derivitve of "take a shot at it", as in "give it a try".

Posted: 6/21/2002 9:23:30 PM EDT

[#3]

uhhhhhh.......... DUCK!!!!!

Posted: 6/22/2002 9:51:10 AM EDT

[#4]

In your teenage or lower 20's whenever you are trying to get into a girls underwear.... Your first thought is to take her to a bar and "Give it a shot." Thereby making the task easier. Correctly it should be stated ,"Give her a shot" but you are not thinking of her, you are thinking about it, so hence the freudian slip gets in there.

Ben

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