• ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I remember when Bono threw this into the lyrics for “Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World”, like he had thought of it himself (he didn’t - this was already an expression by 1991). That was when U2 jumped the shark for me.

    • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
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      A man without faith is like a fish without a bicycle.
      Charles Harris. 1958

      Earliest usage I could find.