Re: Every time a coconut!

Posted by Bob on April 04, 2006

In Reply to: Re: Every time a coconut! posted by David FG on April 04, 2006

: : Does anyone know the correct usage and origin of the phrase " Every time a coconut!"?

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: It comes from the fairground game in which balls are thrown at coconuts balanced on poles. If you manage to knock over a coconut you win it. Hence, in your phrase, 'every one is a winner': you win every time.

: DFG

This is, I presume, strictly UK usage? I'd never heard it stateside, so I went googling. Many of the quotes dug up by google could be translated "every time," as if the "a coconut" were superfluous. I didn't get a strong sense that "winning" was as much an issue as inevitability. Did I mis-read the results?

• Re: Every time a coconut! RRC 04/April/06
  • Re: Every time a coconut! Victoria S Dennis 04/April/06
    • Re: Every time a coconut! Smokey Stover 05/April/06
      • A coconut? pamela 05/April/06
        • Re: A coconut? David FG 05/April/06
        • Re: A coconut? Victoria S Dennis 05/April/06
          • Too shy Lewis 06/April/06
            • Fair enough pamela 07/April/06
              • Re: Fair enough David FG 07/April/06