It's a german thing
to describe anything that isn't out of the ordinary.
not sure where it comes from
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morrybyte made a subtle namechange at, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 15:49,
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Yes, its a german expression and dates back to the first world war, where 08/15 was the model number of a common machine gun (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_08) in the german army.
(, Sat 4 Oct 2008, 13:53, Reply)