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.
UnCONventional is a comic that ran from December 2009 to December 2019 about the staff of a small town anime convention and their lives. This is a complete online archive of the comic.
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7 thoughts on “Almost Clever”
Langland
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
I’ve heard the phrase before, but not really sure where it comes from.
Trae Dorn
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
As George Carlin pointed out, the phrase dates back to the days when doughnuts cost considerably less than a dollar.
Chiaroscuro
I’ve used it before myself, it’s.. not the most obscure idiom, though not the most common!
E. Bernhard Warg
Nothing “almost” or “kind of” about it.
Abdiel
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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UnCONventional is a comic that ran from December 2009 to December 2019 about the staff of a small town anime convention and their lives. This is a complete online archive of the comic.
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