Dollars to donuts, something my high school physics teacher use to say. I never knew what if meant, but Google told me:
"'Dollars to donuts' is a pseudo betting term, pseudo in that it didn't originate with actual betting involving donuts, but just as a pleasant-sounding alliterative phrase which indicated short odds - dollars are valuable but donuts aren't. The phrase parallels the earlier English betting expression 'a pound to a penny'."
Mr. McCann was ancient, a ball turret gunner in the belly of the WWII bombers. I just wish I had interviewed him when I had the chance.
That's something I've been trying to get my family to do. Get oral histories from our elders who are now in their 70s, 80s & 90s. I found out in his obituary that my great cousin had landed on D-day and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Never heard any of the stories, but what his wife said is he wouldn't talk about the war unless you asked. I just wished I had asked. His twin brother is still alive at 93 but he also doesn't want to talk about it.
I wish I could get him to take one of those veterans plane trips to see the WWII memorial that was in the news earlier this year.
"'Dollars to donuts' is a pseudo betting term, pseudo in that it didn't originate with actual betting involving donuts, but just as a pleasant-sounding alliterative phrase which indicated short odds - dollars are valuable but donuts aren't. The phrase parallels the earlier English betting expression 'a pound to a penny'."
Mr. McCann was ancient, a ball turret gunner in the belly of the WWII bombers. I just wish I had interviewed him when I had the chance.
That's something I've been trying to get my family to do. Get oral histories from our elders who are now in their 70s, 80s & 90s. I found out in his obituary that my great cousin had landed on D-day and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Never heard any of the stories, but what his wife said is he wouldn't talk about the war unless you asked. I just wished I had asked. His twin brother is still alive at 93 but he also doesn't want to talk about it.
I wish I could get him to take one of those veterans plane trips to see the WWII memorial that was in the news earlier this year.
