Iliff-King phrasebook
definition
two minutes’ silence for the joke that just died expression or saying
That was a terrible joke that deserved to fall as flat as it did
Origin
Probably picked up from Les Ross on BRMB Radio during a morning commute into Birmingham
Collector
Mark – 1980s
Mark Iliff – owner
Notes
Fittingly enough, the phrase is most commonly heard not from Mark but directed at him
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