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Calling all who are opinionated, argumentative, convicted, holier-than-thou, snobbish, and smarty-two-shoes...

The question worthy of word war is as follows:

What is the correct expression?

Good news is "coming down the pike."

-OR-

Good news is "coming down the pipe."

My opinion is "pike," but it still sounds weird and i kind of stumble as i say that part of the expression...

Please pipe up. or is that "pike up"?!

"pike" makes sense, as in "turnpike"

but "pipe" makes sense, as in "pipeline".

i`m still mixed on this one.

I like "pike" better, too.
Pipes transport many beneficial things... water, oil, natural gas, etc.
And also sewage.
Something, indeed, may be coming down the pipe. But, I`m not going to stick my eye up and see what it is.