Rachelle and I came up with it years ago, and I think I've found more use for it than I ever imagined I might. We were, occasionally and surprisingly, kind of astute with our descriptions. Though I feel I might be going out on a limb trying to describe it here.
Basically, we use(d) it to describe a situation that offered a disappointingly limited amount of joy. It might be a variation on the old Time flies... thing... I don't know. One example was the final Harry Potter book. It was both thrilling and horrible to finally hold that book; yes, I wanted to read it very badly, but the party would end in 759 pages, a painfully obvious fact. Even though you could always read it again, it would only be new once.
I suppose you could push this idea to something kind of philosophical, or at least think about it in terms of the idea of Happiness, but because this is a BLOG, and it's Sunday night, and I have other fish to fry these days, I'm going to stick to sandwiches.
Anyway. Situations in which I could use the phrase as of late:
- Adobe InDesign CS5 30 day free trial
- The Walking Dead: Season One
- The Walking Dead: Compendium One
- The sandwich I made for dinner (obviously)
- Weekends lately
Whoops. You'd think if I was going to give a list that much build-up I'd at least have filled it up a little better.
*It's only Fat Kid because it likens life experiences to food experiences. I am in no way calling Rachelle a Fat Kid.
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