Did You Know...

Posted on May 10, 2007 at 02:18 PM


...that Shakespeare coined the term "jiffy" to describe a short moment of time in the play "Two Gentlemen of Verona."


So which is faster: a jiffy or two ticks?

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Comments

Thomas at May 11, 2007 01:35 AM

How about two shakes of a ______ 's tail?

theaardvark at May 11, 2007 07:14 AM

Ask any French man. You last longer with a jiffy so two ticks has to be quicker........

Erm.

Jenger at May 11, 2007 11:46 AM

I am glad you are back. I had not checked your blog in a while.

Tami at May 11, 2007 12:06 PM

I vote for two ticks.

Elle at May 11, 2007 12:06 PM

Thomas: I think I'd be abit nervous being that end of an ass, so that one might last quite a while ;)

Paul: I actually laughed out loud when I read this one. So when I write lol it's for real.

lol.

Jenger: I never can stay away too long :)

BFG at May 13, 2007 01:30 PM

A Jiffy is longer than "half a 'mo", "two shakes of a lambs tail", and "the change in the adiabatic lapse rate of water vapour necessary to create a fog with 7.5 knots of wind from the north in July", but shorter than, "the time necessary for a woman to change into evening wear", or "the queue at the supermarket of Friday evening."