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Did I mean to be fun?

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???? I do not understand.
I changed the saying on purpose..... It was a play on word.....

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A stitch (sewing) in time saves nine (stitches) - that's the proverb.

A ditch (getting rid of somebody) saves nine (years of sorrow or whatever) - FRC's play on words

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Jimmy Hoffa owns the ditch. Saved the Union nine more years of his rein.
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