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Your mother wears combat boots!

Posted by Brian from Shawnee on January 24, 2003

In Reply to: Your mother wears combat boots! posted by Jim on January 23, 2003

I remember the phrase being "Your mother wears army boots" and I have a vague impression that Bugs Bunny said it once or twice. It has the feeling of being from the WWII-era when almost everyone knew someone in the armed forces. I'd take it to mean "your mother is frumpy", or something like that.

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