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  • initialism Internet your mileage may vary.

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  • Your Mileage May Vary

    December 5, 2009

  • Is there a meme at work here? Otherwise I don't really get it.

    December 5, 2009

  • According to this page from the ever-helpful TVTropes.org, this phrase comes from US car ads in the 70s and 80s. It indicates that "...the customer might not get as much fuel efficiency as the ad claimed. The phrase has since been adopted to mean 'you may not get the same thing out of this as me'. The kids' show Beakman's World made the actual phrase into a mini-Catch Phrase as well."

    December 5, 2009

  • Great work ptero.

    December 6, 2009