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Note: While it’s true that many things are based on actual events, the characters contained within this strip are not meant to be direct analogs for actual people. They are not based off of people living, dead, or undead and any resemblance is coincidental. Nor are they based off of Ferrets.
Because that would be weird.
Dollars to doughnuts? That’s an interesting figure of speech to use. If I heard that in a staff meeting, I would wonder when we are getting our donuts.
I’ve heard the phrase before, but not really sure where it comes from.
I literally say it all the time… I didn’t even think about it when I wrote it into the script, as I just have Lynn speak in a similar pattern as I do
As George Carlin pointed out, the phrase dates back to the days when doughnuts cost considerably less than a dollar.
I’ve used it before myself, it’s.. not the most obscure idiom, though not the most common!
Nothing “almost” or “kind of” about it.
I feel better now, my headcanon actually didn’t serve me poorly. Now that’s the Jim we know and … well – we know.