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First against the wall when the revolution comes

Posted by David FG June 20, 2008 at 19:55In reply to First against the wall when the revolution comes posted by CRG on June 19, 2008 at 12:50:

"First against the wall when the revolution comes" - before Douglas Adams?

I don't know the origin of the phrase, but it was in use (or variants thereof) before Douglas Adams. I remember a British sit-com called 'Citizen Smith' in the early 1970s which made use of it.

DFG

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