N-NP It's not brain ballistics

Jerky tibby666 at rogers.com
Mon Feb 23 21:35:49 CST 2004


> made me wonder: when did the phrase "It's not rocket science" surface?
> Was it before or after "It's not brain surgery"? Their offspring "It's
> not rocket surgery" is obviously quite a bit more recent?
>
> Anyway, "It's not rocket science" must've come into use in its current
> meaning only after the Zonal summer '45, mustn't it?

You're making me think this is an expression in desperate need of an update.

Here's a few to get the ball rolling:

"It's not Quantum Physics!"

"It's not the Human Genome Project!"

"It's not Biomorphic Field Generation!"

"It's not V!"




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