it's something. A lot of folks say that when a car needs real work.

The grammatical structure is unusual, I’ll grant it that.

My mom used to say that about unexpected flavors too. She'd wrinkle her nose and declare something was "egu," like when I mixed chocolate and soy sauce as a kid. It wasn't bad, exactly, just surprising. Still makes me think of her kitchen.

That's a strong reaction. I think it's because the scale is so much bigger than we're used to seeing in our everyday lives.