[rfc] history of 'cherrypicking' term

[Jan Hudec]

On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 14:21:03 -0500, John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> > I think it really refers to picking (and eating only) the cherry from the top
> > of a cake and leaving the rest as a metaphor for only taking the best part
> > and discarding the rest. I think at least in Czech one can also speak about
> > picking raisins in the same sense.
> > 
> 
> I hadn't ever heard of it, though it makes sense.

At least around here it's quite common to say something is a 'cherry on
a cake' to mean it's a small nice bonus or the last bit to make something
really perfect.

> Though I guess you would have to like cherries more than cake for it to
> really apply.

The 'raisins' version actually applies a bit better, since raisins indeed are
the sweetest part of many deserts.

> And come-on. Who prefers cherries to cake??? :)

Perhaps when one is already really stuffed ... ;-)

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						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb at ucw.cz>
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