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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
I did not know this interesting tidbit and thought I would share
1942: Errol Flynn is arrested for the statutory rape of two teenage girls. He's acquitted and the phrase "In like Flynn" is coined.
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Perhaps only TF cares about this, but here's some elaboration from Cecil Adams, concluding that, improbably, the phrase "In like Flynn" really did originate with Errol Flynn's exploits in the sack.
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_156.html
