[dfwgator]

Kind of like the term “near miss”:

[WHAM! CRUNCH!] “Look, they nearly missed!”
“Yes, but not quite!”

-George Carlin

[reaganbooster]

Kind of like the term “near miss”:

[WHAM! CRUNCH!] “Look, they nearly missed!”
“Yes, but not quite!”

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I remember George Carlin using the example of two planes that nearly collided in mid-air. “Why do people call that a near miss? ... it’s a near hit! LOL