'taking one for the team'
i can see how it would apply; but we usually use it for taking turns to talk to the boring person at a party so they don't infect the rest of the gathering.
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martian,
Tue 17 Jun 2003, 0:21,
archived)
can't you just
lock them in the basement?
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rogan,
Tue 17 Jun 2003, 0:23,
archived)
i can't think why they locked me in the basement
presumably so the boring people don't suspect anything.
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martian,
Tue 17 Jun 2003, 0:26,
archived)
