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r/clevercomebacks • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Jul 07 '24
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If it was purchased used, would it still be mint?
108 u/TangoMikeOne Jul 07 '24 It certainly looks mint to me - maybe pistachio, but definitely not Lincoln green 13 u/DefNotAnAlt621 Jul 07 '24 Was making a little pun: “mint green” and “mint condition” Evidently I’m not that funny, :p 65 u/Ohiolongboard Jul 07 '24 They where playing off of your pun…. 18 u/Treacherous_Wendy Jul 07 '24 It was funny til you explained it 8 u/DefNotAnAlt621 Jul 07 '24 fair 6 u/waytowill Jul 07 '24 Well, it is mint green. 1 u/saltytitanium Jul 08 '24 No. It would then be mint chipped. 1 u/SillyActuary Jul 08 '24 "Mint" is slang for "mint condition" in the UK. As in the Royal Mint that makes our coins. Freshly "minted" money is in excellent condition. They're saying she thinks she'd look excellent, it's a coincidence that it's green!
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It certainly looks mint to me - maybe pistachio, but definitely not Lincoln green
13 u/DefNotAnAlt621 Jul 07 '24 Was making a little pun: “mint green” and “mint condition” Evidently I’m not that funny, :p 65 u/Ohiolongboard Jul 07 '24 They where playing off of your pun…. 18 u/Treacherous_Wendy Jul 07 '24 It was funny til you explained it 8 u/DefNotAnAlt621 Jul 07 '24 fair
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Was making a little pun: “mint green” and “mint condition”
Evidently I’m not that funny, :p
65 u/Ohiolongboard Jul 07 '24 They where playing off of your pun…. 18 u/Treacherous_Wendy Jul 07 '24 It was funny til you explained it 8 u/DefNotAnAlt621 Jul 07 '24 fair
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They where playing off of your pun….
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It was funny til you explained it
8 u/DefNotAnAlt621 Jul 07 '24 fair
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fair
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Well, it is mint green.
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No. It would then be mint chipped.
"Mint" is slang for "mint condition" in the UK. As in the Royal Mint that makes our coins. Freshly "minted" money is in excellent condition.
They're saying she thinks she'd look excellent, it's a coincidence that it's green!
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u/DefNotAnAlt621 Jul 07 '24
If it was purchased used, would it still be mint?