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It's based on the idea that New Yorkers, who do everything fast and rush about,

have minutes that are remarkably fast, too.

*reads the link*

Doesn't surprise me that Texans may have started this phrase.

They've made a number of jokes at NY's expense over the years,

with the "Pace Picante sauce" commercials being some of the most famous ones

of late.

Not that I mind most of them....but the older Pace commercials claimed that someone

had a picante sauce made in NYC (which scandalized the cowboys present since

Pace is made in San Antonio), and I have NEVER found one made in NYC, no matter

who I asked nor where I looked. They generally had a punchline after that,

usually one with a punishment for the person who dared to slip them the non-Texas

picante sauce, which I thought was at least amusing, but I suppose they changed it

because there IS no such sauce to compare it to. That was my guess, anyway.

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I know its getting more and more expensive but its like oil.. we can't live without it!

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You've got THAT right!! I am soooo thankful for whoever the person was who invented the Google Toolbar! :biglaugh:

PB, that's hilarious!

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I'm a New Yorker that lives in Texas...

I only heard that a "New York minute" was the time it took between the light turning red and the sound of a car horn sounding for you to GO!

If you knew the driving conditions down here - this would make you laugh..

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I'm a New Yorker that lives in Texas...

I only heard that a "New York minute" was the time it took between the light turning red and the sound of a car horn sounding for you to GO!

If you knew the driving conditions down here - this would make you laugh..

No -- that's a nanosecond!

:biglaugh:

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Doesn't surprise me that Texans may have started this phrase.

They've made a number of jokes at NY's expense over the years,

with the "Pace Picante sauce" commercials being some of the most famous ones

of late.

Not that I mind most of them....but the older Pace commercials claimed that someone

had a picante sauce made in NYC (which scandalized the cowboys present since

Pace is made in San Antonio), and I have NEVER found one made in NYC, no matter

who I asked nor where I looked. They generally had a punchline after that,

usually one with a punishment for the person who dared to slip them the non-Texas

picante sauce, which I thought was at least amusing, but I suppose they changed it

because there IS no such sauce to compare it to. That was my guess, anyway.

Originally, the commercials had one of the cowboys claiming that the rival picante sauce was made in New Jersey. If I remember correctly, there was actually a picante sauce made in New Jersey, the makers threatened legal action, it got changed to NYC...
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OK - new description of New York minute:

The amount of time between a TWI-er using the word, "luck" and getting reproved for it.

Like I said earlier -- It's a nanosecond.

definition of nanosecond:

nanosecond

DEFINITION ---

(This definition follows U.S. usage in which a billion is a thousand million and a trillion is a 1 followed by 12 zeros.)

A nanosecond is one billionth (10-9) of a second

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