To: W.
... deemed close enough for government work. This currently derogatory term comes from World War II, when something was "good enough for Government work", it meant it could pass the most rigorous of standards. It was a mark of pride. It's a prime example of how far we have fallen in the USA in 70 short years.
45 posted on
10/19/2014 10:47:26 AM PDT by
shove_it
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
To: shove_it
I heard it 40+ years ago, applied to things that were done just well enough to get by.
46 posted on
10/19/2014 10:57:17 AM PDT by
W.
(The 0bama Administration in a baseball metaphor: No runs, all drips and many errors!)
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