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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Best in the world #66403 04/19/02 11:40 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter OP Pooh-Bah OP inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City In his post to "hat hanging" in Miscellany, Jazz declares Cincinnatti ice cream the best in the world. Does anyone know the origin of this illogical (or unempirical) phrase? PT Barnum? A green neon sign once ubiquitous in the coffee shoppes of Manhattan declared each served the "best coffee in the world," leaving little hope. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Best in the world inselpeter 04/19/02 11:40 AM Re: Best in the world Capital Kiwi 04/19/02 12:46 PM Re: Best in the world WhitmanO'Neill 04/19/02 01:32 PM Re: Best in the world maverick 04/19/02 01:44 PM Re: Best in the world inselpeter 04/19/02 02:08 PM Re: Best in the world/Like nothing on earth WhitmanO'Neill 04/19/02 03:08 PM . Max Quordlepleen 04/21/02 04:52 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,345 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 742 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,547 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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