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To: bagster

It was Errol Flynn, without a doubt. He was a legendary swordsman both on screen and off.

Ever hear the expression “In a New York minute?”

That one is TOTALLY WRONG too. It should always be: “In a New York second.”

It originated in New York in the ‘70s, referring to how fast one could flip a New York second mortgage, a common real estate investor play at the time.


226 posted on 05/05/2018 8:22:32 AM PDT by Disestablishmentarian
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To: Disestablishmentarian
Nice, dis. I love tidbits like that.

Bagster

232 posted on 05/05/2018 8:26:42 AM PDT by bagster ("She had brown sugar, all over her booga wooga." Bob Marley)
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To: Disestablishmentarian

In a New York Minute”

and there’s this one:

“The shortest possible measurement of time. Standardised as the time between the lights turning green and the taxi behind you beeping his horn.”


304 posted on 05/05/2018 9:33:22 AM PDT by bitt (Back when we had CHILD CONTROL we really didn't need GUN CONTROL)
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