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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>> Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
>>>> "bangs" are the girl equivalent of long sideburns.
>>> Does the expression "more bang for your buck" have anything to do with it?
>
>> I'm assuming you're being serious here, but if not, good job! :-)
>
> It was a joke. I don't like to emphasize jokes with smilies. It feels like
> explaining the joke...
I couldn't tell, because that's exactly the sort of excellent pun-type
inferences I've come to expect from smart people who aren't native speakers. :-)
>> I think the "bang for your buck" means the power of the firearm vs the price
>> in dollars.
>
> I thought it meant "you get something more useful/valuable (or sometimes
> just "more") for the same amount of money" (usually when comparing prices of
> different manufacturers).
Yes, basically. But the origin is in firearms. For example, you wouldn't
want literally more bang in your purchase of tires.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
C# - a language whose greatest drawback
is that its best implementation comes
from a company that doesn't hate Microsoft.
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