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Old 01-22-2022, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by rschwan9 View Post
NO. "Rocket Surgery" is a somewhat recent (years old) phrase to demonstrate stupidity on someone else's part. Have used it for years especially in our advertising agency. A similar set of examples for "obvious"..."Does the Pope shat in the woods?" "Is a bear Catholic?"

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Actually, they are both used to demonstrate "ignorance"...

"It's not Rocket Science" was always meant to mean something is easy... Same with "Brain Surgery"...

Mixing the two is just a different, "fun" way to say the same thing...
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