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Chris -- 2025-05-10
I saw this in an e-mail today, and it turns up regularly on google. I think the original is an aviation metaphor: the landing was waved off, i.e. cancelled.
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WAVE your rights (waive) by jorkel Contribute! 2 2006-09-13 10:52:41 by Tom Neely
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