Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> 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.

-- 
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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