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[calimac]

The crossword puzzle clue read "Get lost!" with the quotation marks around it, and the first three letters of the answer were GOF. I was hoping the fourth letter would be U and so on, but there weren't enough spaces for the expected conclusion of YOURSELF. It was when the cross word revealed that the fourth letter was in fact L that I realized the entire answer was GOFLYAKITE, which fit, but who says that any more?

Comments

[sartorias]

I don't think I've heard that for at least half a century.

[ethelmay]

Well, nobody says "Get lost!" much these days, either.

[conuly]

Oh. Oh. Oh! I just realized that "go fly a kite" is another way of saying... well, you know.

[calimac]

They should have used a different clue. Maybe:

"Let's ______" (Mary Poppins)

[ethelmay]

Minced oaths. It's what's for dinner.

[sturgeonslawyer]

I still occasionally tell someone to "go fly a cow."