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What is your country's "coals to Newcastle"?
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this post was submitted on 25 May 2024
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I think "selling ice to Eskimos" is the American equivalent. Naturally, the
version of this phrase: 1) involves an exonym that's a bit offensive 2) kinda makes doing a pointless exercise sound like a good thing.
Does it really?
To me it sounds like something that would be hard or impossible and stupid to even try. Kinda like taking coal to Newcastle is pretty stupid and you will lose money doing it.
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