A Fig Newton of My Imagination

Thu Jun 2 17:29:36 UTC 2005

On Jun 2, 2005, at 12:41 AM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:

> 108 webcites on Google for "a fig newton of my imagination", 280 for
> "...your imagination" and 50 for other possessive pronouns...

as against 34,000 for "figment of my imagination".

surely this started as a (little) joke, on a par with "ladies and
germs", and is still perceived as one by most people.  are there
people who seem to take it seriously?

arnold