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Brawl.
Sticky.
Catch.
Gallop.
The colonials had a
sticky wicket to deal with in the Second Continental Congress which could have resulted in a
brawl.. That was the question of whether to fight for independence from England or whether to assert their rights from within a British Empire. They picked Ben Franklin as its oldest member as he was 69. Franklin had time to
catch up on his sleep during the Congress as much of the time he was "sitting in silence, a great part of the time fast asleep in his chair." His thoughts did not
gallop to independence like some of the more hot headed members who even accused Franklin of being a spy for the British because of how quiet he was.
http://history.state.gov/milestones/...nentalCongress http://www.ask.com/wiki/Second_Conti...=3986&qsrc=999