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Old 26-Mar-2008, 01:38
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Default Re: Crunch time

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Originally Posted by banderas View Post
according to wikipedia:
The term was invented in New Zealand in 1984 as a combination of the two phrases show-time and when it comes to the crunch

Question to stuartnz: have you heard about it?
First, a disclaimer: If Wikipedia told me that my name was Stuart, that 2+2=4, or that the Earth was an oblate spheroid which orbited the Sun approximately once every 365.24 days, I would triple check the information with more reliable and trustworthy sources, including my cat and my neighbour's dog.


That said, I was surprised and embarrassed to hear that the phrase originated here. Surprised and embarrassed because I ought to have realised that from its frequency. The phrase is heard here VERY often, almost as often in fact as Wikipedia is caught providing either deliberate or unintentional misformation.
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