A 'miss' is absolute, except in 'Horsehoes'.
It's a contraction of the technical expression 'nearly not a miss.'
To be be absolutely precise, the 'near miss' is the stewardess
delivering lunch to the cockpit.
And she's probably nearly not a lot of things.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 21/11/2007, at 8:58 AM, geebee wrote:
> How come aircraft have a 'near miss'. Surely a near miss is a hit.
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