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[harrybissell]

Maybe it was a typo... should be "works like a chimp" ???

H^) harry

btw I think the origin is from throughbred horse racing, where "runs like a
champ"
would actually have meaning... you are correct, most of them no longer 'run'
having been
made into glue...

Glen wrote:

> At 11:34 PM 5/29/03 , Oren Leavitt wrote:
>
> >I had a similar 'death' on my Windows 98 box a couple of years ago - I
> >then put in a bigger hard disk, more RAM, and installed Linux on that
> >poor old PC and it runs like a champ now.
>
> ...and how does a "champ" run?
>
> That phrase is a pet peeve of mine. It doesn't really say anything
> specifically useful. For example, does a champion chess player necessarily
> run that well? How about a champion pole sitter?
>
> Just something a bit silly-but-true to think about...    :)
>
> I used to have an irritating boss that used the "like a champ" phrase so
> much that I became permanently "allergic" to hearing it. His usual
> variation was "works like a champ". I wanted to tell him that statistically
> speaking most "champs"  no longer work in the area that they once excelled
> in. Many have even passed away since reaching their zenith in life. So,
> "works like a champ" isn't necessarily such a good thing.   :)
>
> later,
> Glen