> At any rate, I think Mina probably got the explanation right. Sam and Leen hadn't heard the phrase either, so it must be a West Coast or Mid-West thing. Maybe it's one of those expressions that can't really be explained?
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> Ell"NO, I do NOT have a bad temper! NEVAR!!11"myruh

West Coast, Mid West, East Coast, and now you can add The South to the list of areas where that silly expression is used. I don't reckon I know the origin either.
I remember one time when I used the expression that something was "the best thing since sliced bread." The guy I was talking to, a native Tennessean about 60 years old, laughed and said that he hadn't heard it used before. He must not be listening.
Howard