Thread: What's upsetting you today?
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Old 05-24-2009, 07:32 AM   #4044
DanaC
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Urr. No.

I have no idea where the phrase comes from. It's usually "gone for a burton".

I just looked it up, and apparently it's almost unused now....which surprised me, cause I use it and hear it a lot.

Means it didn't work out.
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