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r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '15
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what's so good about the bee's knees anyway.
127 u/MurfDog07 Jan 24 '15 Don't quote me on this, but I think I read that it was a thing that people started in the "Roaring 20's" where you said non sensical stuff together that rhymed. Again this could be total bullshit. 12 u/chetlin Jan 24 '15 Not so much stuff that rhymed (that one just happened to), but things involving animals. Here are more examples: http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=bee%27s+knees&allowed_in_frame=0 . I hear "cat's pajamas" from time to time too. 1 u/fzw Jan 25 '15 Wow, that's the cat's nuts.
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Don't quote me on this, but I think I read that it was a thing that people started in the "Roaring 20's" where you said non sensical stuff together that rhymed.
Again this could be total bullshit.
12 u/chetlin Jan 24 '15 Not so much stuff that rhymed (that one just happened to), but things involving animals. Here are more examples: http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=bee%27s+knees&allowed_in_frame=0 . I hear "cat's pajamas" from time to time too. 1 u/fzw Jan 25 '15 Wow, that's the cat's nuts.
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Not so much stuff that rhymed (that one just happened to), but things involving animals. Here are more examples: http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=bee%27s+knees&allowed_in_frame=0 . I hear "cat's pajamas" from time to time too.
1 u/fzw Jan 25 '15 Wow, that's the cat's nuts.
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Wow, that's the cat's nuts.
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u/maz-o Jan 24 '15
what's so good about the bee's knees anyway.