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Best Laid Plans The full phrase is "the best laid plans o' mice an' men gang aft agley" This was written by an ancient Scots Poet, Robert Burns, who wrote several poems in a strange language, including "To a mouse". "Gang aft agley" means "often get fucked up" "best laid plans" is an acknowledgement that something has just got fucked up for no apparent reason, or because something inevitable (government, parents, teenage kid, fate, whatever) has acted against it.
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