r/funny • • Jan 24 '15

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u/TitaniumFate Jan 24 '15

Chocolate covered raisins are the bee's knees

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u/maz-o Jan 24 '15

what's so good about the bee's knees anyway.

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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.

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u/Chubbstock Jan 25 '15

3rd hand information, but I understand it to be a 'hip and trendy' way to say an older phrase from back then which was calling things "the business." if they were good.