Actually it says "between rock and a hard place." I think the missing a is significant. Especially because they italicized "rock."
starts inserting random grammar errors and italics in posts and comments to invite intrigue
Re:Mixwit (YC W08) shuts down
by aaronblohowiak on Monday December 15, 2008 @05:14AM
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yes, it is funny.
This is unfortunate as I hadn't heard of mixwit until just now.