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25-02-2018, 03:57 PM
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Hello from Lanzarote again.
I am reading, not much time to post.
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I am a great fan of trivia, the more useless the betterer. I like to know how words and expressions came about.

Tickled pink, I know knot from whence it came, but it doesn't seem as descriptive as tickled incontinent.

Red sky at night, shepherds' delight.
Red sky in the morning, the barn's on fire ...

and all that.

Hundreds of years ago, churches had earth floors, and no organ, they not having been invented, or being too expensive and complicated at the time therof to be installed and played.
Instead there was a small musicians gallery built into the back of the church. When it was time to sing, the congregation would be asked to "turn and face the music."
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25-02-2018, 06:21 PM
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Great post there Tooth Fruity.
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I've had Man Flu. for a couple days, it has interrupted my routine, also. I tripped up last Tuesday, and scraged my knee, it is still emitting puss, none of the physical manifestations of these events matter, but, they have had a psychological effect, which means my posts may not be, easily understood, I hope you understand.
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Sorry to hear that Spitty, understood.
I hope it all clears up quickly, get well soon old stick.
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Yes that makes a lot of sense Fruity, let’s face the music and dance.
Pop goes the Weasel, very few people knew what that meant, including meself, until Anthony Newley brought out the song in 1961. He pauses from singing in the middle of the song and explains.

“You know, pop goes the weasel
For years, I've wondered
What that meant
And nobody seemed to know
So, I looked it up
And the official explanation
Goes something like this
Pop goes the weasel refers to
The habit of London hatters long ago
Popping or pawning their weasels
Or accessories on Saturday night
To buy liquor, isn't that interesting”
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I need "Special Dispensation".
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Originally Posted by spitfire ->
I need "Special Dispensation".
Try an all night chemist.
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I wouldn't have "expected" anything less.
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Originally Posted by Pug ->
The last couple of pages and the content thereof,are,to my [tiny,before you beat me to it,gummy] mind,merely proof that times and the fashionable or once-considered irreplaceable items of those particular eras are becoming somewhat Shakespearian in both their prose,meanings and uses.

...for instance,exit signs-they're on the way out...
“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

HAMLET
 
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