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Old 12-14-2006, 10:28 PM
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Re: Heroin and Comfortably Numb

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Originally Posted by Not Now John
Actually, "silver spoon" refers to being born wealthy and has nothing to do with drugs at all.

I always interpreted that as referring to an accessory popularly available in head shops during the 70's and 80's. Wealth and privilege would be the 'born with a silver spoon in one's mouth' metaphor, I believe.

Not that I actually know. I never really thought about it.
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