On Mon, 23 May 2005 03:45:02 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

For Pete's sake. You're getting something for free and then
bitching
about it.

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"For Pete's sake" is an interesting American exclamation. How did it
arise?

Did it arise in the 1930's? Any connection with the villain Pegleg
Pete who appeared in Mickey Mouse cartoons of that era?
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Reg.

May not be solely an American expression. The only definition I could
locate was at a British site.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_b...sages/383.html

Danny