In Reply to: First against the wall when the revolution comes posted by CRG on June 19, 2008 at 12:50:
: "First against the wall when the revolution comes" - before Douglas Adams?
I don't know the origin of the phrase, but it was in use (or variants thereof) before Douglas Adams. I remember a British sit-com called 'Citizen Smith' in the early 1970s which made use of it.
DFG