"Close, but no cigar". What are some famous (or not so famous) examples where this applies?
by 
Barcaluv
ANSWERS: 9
-
Missing one number on the Mega Millions jackpot! Oh the humanity!!;)
-
Red Sox. '86 World Series. Game 6. Bill Buckner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Buckner
-
I'll give your question a shot: Michael Phelps, Olympic Gold Medal winner, who foolishly smoked pot with an audience looking on and photographing same. The "cigar" he hoped and worked hard for, lucrative product endorcements, went right down the tubes with this singular act of stupidity. +5
-
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
-
Al Gore's run at the presidency.
-
The CUBS most every year!!!
-
You're were at the drive-in movie, and you just talked your girlfriend into a session in the back seat of the Chevy. Her best friend bangs on the window telling you that her date got fresh and she needs a ride home. End of session. End of story, and "Close, but no cigar" !! :)
-
The difference between the gold and the silver in many Olympic events
-
During the German invasion of France, when Hitler ordered the Panzers to stop at Dunkirk and allowed the British army to escape, and then a bit later when he ordered the Luftwaffe to bomb London instead of the British airfields...he really could have defeated Britain if the BEF was wiped out at Dunkirk and the RAF grounded.
Mrs. C 
Ice man RELATED QUESTIONS
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC