The expression The Hail Mary Pass goes back at least to the 1930s, being used publicly in that decade by two former members of Notre Dame's Four Horsemen, Elmer Layden and Jim Crowley.
Originally it meant any sort of desperation play, a "Hail Mary" gradually came to denote a long, low-percentage pass. For more than forty years its use was largely confined to Notre Dame and other Catholic universities, but at the public pool (see reference image above) Jane Public publically acknowledged, relaxed and then celebrated a well-constructed splash with a very deliberate Hail Mary Pass that worked! Janey was so very happy and flustered with joy at the realization that taking chances (as the HAIL MARY PASS symbolizes) may fair well for thyself.
The Hail Mary Pass is worth trying sometime. Make sure that your "pass" does not wind up splashing into someone else's pool. Broaden your strategy and splash any chances that you may incur in public pools/areas. Jane Public's pool. Understood. Hail Mary. Amen. Bye already?? No. I wanna take a chance that you understand what I am really talking about here and give you some more:
BLOG CLIFF NOTE #1 : A curvy pool that visually represents a prolonged battle between those (Janey's pool team) fed up with warmongering dummies.
BLOG CLIFF NOTE #2 : a confusing and custom (meaning intentionally disguised) description of how happy one(meaning Janey) can get when successfully inconveniencing thy foe with sheer genetically inherited pigheadedness, and a self righteous claim of the clear and present existence of corrupted human rights.
BLOG CLIFF NOTE #3 : COMPETITION IS HEALTHY, BUT JANE DOES NOT SWIM. WEIRD HUH.
One last thingy, unethical behaviour is treason and therefore must be addressed by a "Janevy Convention."
