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To Make A Long Story Short
"Usually the phrase repeated by a person telling a boring, long-winded story, but who has no real intention of actually shortening the story at all. When you hear this phrase, you know you're 'in for the long haul'."
The origin of this phrase probably dates back to Old English times - long before tv, the internet, or computers came on the scene - w/ guys like Chaucer who used to travel around the countryside with nothing better to do than to tell boring, long-winded stories that no one wanted to hear.
















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