>>>That 10-4 reminds me of when we were kids. Any game we played that had scoring (table tennis, football, baseball etc), if the score ever hit 10-4, it was known as a 'Broderick'. You probably know why.
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>>Er, that's a big negatory there AP. Was Broderick the guy who sang the song?
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>No, I figured maybe you'd know. There was an old TV show in the late '50s called "Highway Patrol" starring Broderick Crawford. He must have said '10-4' 20 times in every show. In fact, every mimic I've ever seen who does his voice uses the '10-4' phrase liberally.

Zheesh! I very vaguely remember Highway Patrol, but late 50s? - I don't think we even had a telly back then, and I would have been way too young to remember - esp. the stars' names.

Whoo - I just remembered "The Four Just Men" - in the opening sequence they all got out of a car and slammed the doors shut - BAM! ... BAM! ... BAM-BAM!

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