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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Neocon who wrote (16450)6/11/2001 5:07:22 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Just have to keep track of the trope.....


In common parlance...

Main Entry: 1boot·strap
Pronunciation: 'büt-"strap
Function: noun
Date: 1913
1 plural : unaided efforts -- often used in the phrase by one's own bootstraps
2 : a looped strap sewed at the side or the rear top of a boot to help in pulling it on