What is fascinating is the slight variations on what all of you (who answered quickly, so apparently have no lives :) :) ) mentioned.
I had kinda guessed wrong about the origin, I see. Thanks to you all! ann Mark Roberts wrote: > ann sanfedele wrote: > > >any of you guys know where this originated? it is > >turning up in a commerical here in the USA - seems > >to me to mean something akin to sticking out like a sore > >thumb. > >the gorilla says > >"but what do I know, I'm only the 800 pound gorilla in the > >room" > >after offering advice to a couple pondering something or > >other - > >maybe investments. > > The "800-pound gorilla" is a metaphor for any person or agency that is > so big and powerful that he/she/it dominates totally and whom no one > can challenge. > > "Adobe is the 800-pound gorilla of the image editing software business" > > "Frank Theriault is the 800-pound gorilla of the blurry photo business" > > etc. etc. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
