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Question #5:
Why do we say that someone is "in like Flynn?"
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TredWel
05-11-2004, 02:50 PM
It's a reference to Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling film star of the 30's. His good looks, athletic physique, and natural charisma allowed him to get in to many places (wink, wink) that mortal men could not.
stkelly52
05-11-2004, 06:26 PM
Back in the 1940s there was a big shot Democrat in New York city named Ed Flynn. If you were in his good graces, he could get you almost anything you wanted.
kingfc22
05-11-2004, 10:43 PM
In the early 20th century there was a NY mafia that had a new recruit join them. His last name was Flynn and he impressed his mob boss so much that he became the man to orcestrate all the "hits". As Flynn got older, he needed to recruit younger men to take his place. If you were lucky enough to get an interview with Flynn he would then ask you a series of questions. And if you got those questions right, you were "in like Flynn".
The Afoci
05-12-2004, 10:45 AM
Flynn was mobster in Chicago that though more highly of himself than anyone else. He had a tendency to run his mouth off and show more power than he actually had. He started the phrase "In like Flynn" about people that were in his inner circle and could do whatever he was able to do, which he thought was anything. When he over stepped his bounds he was taken out, along with many of his inner circle and for many years, "In like Flynn" was actually an insult, but has evolved over time to its first and current meaning. I think it was after the porn movie that launched ardent's career called In Flynn, a day in the life of a naked polevaulter with no pole. Well, at least that isn't attached to him. That film also won the award for longest title for a really bad porn, which was nice.
Pumpy Tudors
05-13-2004, 09:13 AM
It's a reference to Flynn College just outside of Norfolk. Unfortunately, in that part of the country, Flynn was notorious for being a very easy school to get into and to graduate from. One of its graduates, a somewhat famous filmmaker, referenced his alma mater in one of his films. The main character in the movie worked his way into a high-paying executive position with very little work. When another character asked him how he got the job, he simply replied, "I'm in like Flynn." It was a throwaway comment at the time, but moviegoers picked up on it, and the rest is history.
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Pumpy Tudors
05-16-2004, 12:20 PM
Bump.
Bump.
Results will be posted sometime Monday afternoon. I would have posted it Sunday morning, but I felt horrible and didn't get to it.
Dola: I've reviewed the votes. RPI-Fan hasn't voted yet. :)
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