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Subject: Re: What's that phrase
From: "Jim Heckman" <rot13(reply-to)@none.invalid>
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On 7-Jun-2009, Einde O'Callaghan <eindeoc@freenet.de>
wrote in message <7928s5F1o2273U1@mid.individual.net>:
> Cyrano de B. wrote:
>
>>I've been trying to remember that English phrase (could be a word
>>or a whole sentence, I don't remember!) that people sometimes say
>>just after you say something and someone else unexpectedly says
>>the exact same thing at the same time, and both people are
>>surprised and amused that they just said did. Does anyone know
>>what I'm talking about?
>
> Perhaps "Snap!" - from the children's card game.
Huh. That must be a Briticism. In the US when that happens, both
people say "Jinx!" as fast as they can, each trying to beat the
other. Whoever says "Jinx!" first wins, and gives the loser a task
to perform. The 'jinxed' person isn't allowed to talk to anyone
until they've completed the task.
--
Jim Heckman
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