by gabe itch69 October 18, 2019
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In American history, the phrase gained popularity with a factitious incident in which Benjamin Franklin Butler of Massachusetts, when making a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, allegedly held up a shirt stained with the blood of a carpetbagger whipped by the Ku Klux Klan. (While Butler did give a speech condemning the Klan, he never waved anyone's bloody shirt.)
In American history, the phrase gained popularity with a factitious incident in which Benjamin Franklin Butler of Massachusetts, when making a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, allegedly held up a shirt stained with the blood of a carpetbagger whipped by the Ku Klux Klan. (While Butler did give a speech condemning the Klan, he never waved anyone's bloody shirt.)
Dude A - "I got a five on my APUSH exam!"
Dude B - "Dude, quit waving the bloody shirt."
Dude A - "No wonder you got a one, you're an idiot."
Dude B - "Dude, quit waving the bloody shirt."
Dude A - "No wonder you got a one, you're an idiot."
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Tad Prepington was suffering from the worst case of razzle shits, after eating three bags of skittles.
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