Re:SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
by scott_karana on Friday January 16, 2015 @05:50PM
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Allegedly, according to Wiktionary:
> From the practice of giving cigars as prizes at carnivals in the US in the 19th century; this phrase would be said to those who failed to win a prize.
> From the practice of giving cigars as prizes at carnivals in the US in the 19th century; this phrase would be said to those who failed to win a prize.