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Re: Whatever happened...
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:47:42 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
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> > oh look down there... a shark
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> Are you trying to say LUGNET has "jumped the shark"? That's a serious question,
> please answer seriously... if you are, you may not be the only person thinking
> that, not by a wide margin.
I'm sorry but...what does it mean to "jump the shark"?
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| (...) (URL) What is jumping the shark? A. It's a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite television program has reached its peak. That instant that you know from now on...it's all downhill. Some call it the climax. We call it (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) "Jump the shark" is an American based slang, describing the fall from glory... when something popular/useful/inter...aging..... has lost its luster.... fails to impress or declines in its usefulness or impressiveness. Some would argue that is (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) This is a reference to the TV show Happy Days. The show was good for a few years, but it eventually started getting gimmicky and went down in quality. This first became apparent when they made an episode about Fonzi jumping his motorcycle over (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Are you trying to say LUGNET has "jumped the shark"? That's a serious question, please answer seriously... if you are, you may not be the only person thinking that, not by a wide margin. (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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