We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. Cecil said he would "do his damnedest" to keep the pair apart in future races. We're just having the damnedest time writing it. "It's the damnedest thing I've ever seen", Capra told "The Wall Street Journal" in 1984. Short reportedly told Bat Masterson, "You sure pick some of the damnedest friends, Bat".