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We only said that because it was cold war rhetoric, it came from 'free' relative to communist ones. Now the contrast is gone it's rendered meaningless.

Ah yeah right, I dunno if I’d made that connection before, seems obvious now.

Something else we used to say to each other at a school in the 90s was “BANG! - The Victorian Police Force”, if I recall correctly that was a running gag Full Frontal or Fast Forward did.

Me too - 42 and can’t recall the last time I heard someone say that. Very interesting observation from GP.

Same and same - although I recall hearing it in 2019 and it felt like an outlier.