Poll: Jumping the Shark

[Nitefly]

Dispute settling time once more! Have you heard of the phrase 'jumping the shark' prior to this thread, and do you know what it related to and means?

Yes / no will do the trick, many thanks

 

[Noxia]

No

 

[Morba]

no

 

[Mason-]

No

Nuking the fridge?

<3 Wikipedia

 

[Tonyator]

Yes

 

[AJK]

Yes

 

[Cosimo]

No

Looks like we need a poll.

 

[Casdawer]

No

 

[Morbius]

Yes

 

[Col_M]

No - sounds like something to do with fish rape.

 

[Gerard]

Yarrr

 

[Maccy]

Poll woo!

 

[aardvark]

yes, but its a very american thing so i'm not surprised many people haven't heard of it.

 

[Brian8bit]

Yes. It was coined because of The Fonz and an episode of Happy Days.

 

[apeZ]

yes, but more familiar with 'jumping the gun'

 

[Nitefly]

Poll woo!

Thanks

 

[GJ02]

no

 

[Maccy]

You could say that OcUK is full of jumping the shark...

 

[Greenlizard0]

No, but like with a lot of sayings I'm guessing there's a sexual connotation there?

 

[Brian8bit]

No, but like with a lot of sayings I'm guessing there's a sexual connotation there?

None. It means everything has just gotten absolutely ridiculous. Or something to that effect. It's in reference to an episode of Happy Days where the Fonz is water skiing and jumps over a shark.