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Default fell off an orange truck ?

On Thu, 27 May 2021 09:57:01 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 5/27/2021 4:01 AM, bruce bowser wrote:
>> I've noticed that many 1980's cops and robber shows have this investigaator that says something similar to: 'do you think we just fell off an orange truck?"
>>
>> What does that mean?

>
> Perhaps he was paraphrasing "fell off the turnip truck" meaning a
> country bumpkin kind of person gullible.


Perhaps we should just ignore them. Judging by the quotes I see,
it's probably tert. He just got dumber.

-sw