>You compare the price of egg to comething completely unrelated.
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>Ahhh, I see now. This is a colloquialism. Basically, it means that the statement that was made has nothing to do with the topic at hand.
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>For example:
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>Person 1: IQ measures intelligence
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>Person 2: Someone who graduates from Harvard is more intelligent than some one doesn't
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>The correct response would be "So what does that have to do with the price of eggs?" because graduation from a specific educational institution is totally unrealated to whether or not IQ measures intelligence.
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What's_that_got_to_do_with_the...%3F

Marcia, this is one of several reasons why I try not to express any opinions in these debates. Often I know very well what to say in Norwegian, but when I try to translate it into English, it comes out wrong and I get misunderstood.