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Christy Mihos: time traveler!

March 18, 2010 By David

As we’re fond of observing, our own Charley on the MTA is the aphoristic genius who, back in 2006, coined the phrase “Big Dig culture of Beacon Hill” (sometimes seen in its short form, “Big Dig culture”).  

But then I read this:

“It is the poster child for everything that’s wrong with government,” says Mihos. “The term ‘Big Dig culture’ is operative five years ago, today, and 10 years hence.”

Five years ago … but that was 2005, a year before anyone to our knowledge had ever used the term “Big Dig culture” … unless … wait, could it be?  Maybe Christy Mihos, in 2005, was able to read BMG posts that would not be written until 2006!!!!

Maybe he can go back in time and pay off Manzoli so he doesn’t end up with a lien on his house!  đŸ˜‰

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  1. tblade says

    March 18, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    …he’s bad at the maths.  

    • david says

      March 18, 2010 at 5:07 pm

      that seems clear enough.  đŸ˜‰

    • lightiris says

      March 18, 2010 at 9:31 pm

      maths.  It’s so U.K.  đŸ™‚

  2. shillelaghlaw says

    March 18, 2010 at 5:21 pm

  3. peter-porcupine says

    March 18, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    …Joan Vennochi wrote about the Big Dig Blame Game in which she quoted Romeny taling about its ‘culture of corruption’.  Mihos used the phrase on radio with Jordan Levy while kvetching about Jane Swift.  so while Charley can claim written credit, the phrase really was earlier.

  4. lasthorseman says

    March 18, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    and even beyond that the classic Big Dig commercial which BTW sums up all of politics was the commercial.
    You know the one.

  5. dcsurfer says

    March 18, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    Charley didn’t invent Big Dig Culture, he named it, with the literal, obvious shorthand phrase that refers to the culture of the Big Dig.  In fact, his own post about it points out that it has been around “a long period of time.”

    And frankly, the Big Dig culture of Beacon Hill — which has been a bipartisan failure, over a long period of time — gives taxpayers a strong suspicion that their money is being flushed down the toilet.

    Note that Charley didn’t capitalize “culture”.

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    p>Also, speaking of Big Dig Culture and Charley’s quotes about it, did anyone see this?

    • smadin says

      March 18, 2010 at 6:26 pm

      Charley didn’t invent Big Dig Culture, he named it

      Good thing no one was claiming anything else.

      • dcsurfer says

        March 18, 2010 at 6:41 pm

        David seems to think that, prior to Charley’s coining of the phrase, the term wasn’t “operative”.  Well, it had to have been “operative” before Charley used it, or else it would have been incomprehensible gibberish.  Instead, everyone knew exactly what he was talking about, and I bet everyone would have known what he was talking about if he had used it a few years earlier too.  Maybe in 1990, it wouldn’t have been operative, but I’d say Mihos is correct in his timeline.

        • david says

          March 18, 2010 at 11:01 pm

          It was obviously an “on the lighter side” post.  You’re getting awfully bent out of shape over a trifle.

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          p>And, um, Charley did invent the phrase.  So there ya go.

    • david says

      March 18, 2010 at 11:02 pm

      Hilarious.  Funny how no one had thought of something so obvious before 2006.

  6. tyler-oday says

    March 18, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    88 percent to mr health insurance in gop straw poll

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