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Almost Clever

February 28th, 2019 | by Trae Dorn
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  1. Langland
    Langland
    February 28, 2019 at 4:34 pm | # | Reply

    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.

    • EcchiKitty
      EcchiKitty
      February 28, 2019 at 7:25 pm | # | Reply

      I’ve heard the phrase before, but not really sure where it comes from.

      • Trae Dorn
        Trae Dorn
        February 28, 2019 at 7:37 pm | # | Reply

        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

        • E. Bernhard Warg
          E. Bernhard Warg
          March 1, 2019 at 12:19 pm | # | Reply

          As George Carlin pointed out, the phrase dates back to the days when doughnuts cost considerably less than a dollar.

    • Chiaroscuro
      Chiaroscuro
      March 4, 2019 at 12:38 am | # | Reply

      I’ve used it before myself, it’s.. not the most obscure idiom, though not the most common!

  2. E. Bernhard Warg
    E. Bernhard Warg
    March 1, 2019 at 12:21 pm | # | Reply

    Nothing “almost” or “kind of” about it.

  3. Abdiel
    Abdiel
    March 1, 2019 at 4:20 pm | # | Reply

    I feel better now, my headcanon actually didn’t serve me poorly. Now that’s the Jim we know and … well – we know.

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    So every few years I've felt the need to make an update about my ever evolving workspace, and how I (more and more) seem to be cultivating an aesthetic that screams "secondary side character in a cyberpunk story who probably gets killed off in the third act." It's an aesthetic I've been working on on purpose (well, not the getting killed off bit), but every time I declare it's reached "peak cyberpunk" I end up outdoing it soon after anyway.

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    RISC is good


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