we'd say when the excrement hits the fan.
More sophisticated sounding.
couldn't resist - lol

On 8/24/2012 2:06 PM, Gabriel Hourtouat wrote:
> Hi David,
> Thanks for pointing that out -- my apologies to the list.
> Gabriel
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 2:54 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> At 09:43 AM 8/24/2012, ac butler wrote:
>>> The idea, 'when the [fex] hits the fan, get in the van.'
>>
>> Hi Adam, Gabriel - this being a G-rated list and all, we don't actually use
>> the s-word here.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> d mod
>>
>>