Word of the Day, Part Deux
Tomorrow's phrase that pays is...
"Handed in his dinner pail"
Which could lead to some interesting/scandalous/morbid situations, as it is not unreasonable at all to think that I'll be fielding a first notice death claims.
I'm looking forward to it really.
Any know the origin of that phrase? I'm not really up on my etymology...
"Handed in his dinner pail"
Which could lead to some interesting/scandalous/morbid situations, as it is not unreasonable at all to think that I'll be fielding a first notice death claims.
I'm looking forward to it really.
Any know the origin of that phrase? I'm not really up on my etymology...
posted by Gimli at 6/26/2005 09:31:00 PM
4 Comments:
It seems to be a close relative to the saying, " Kicked the bucket." Perhaps not, but anyway, they both involve the touching of a cylindrical receptacle.
WOW. You go a bazillion years with no new posts and then give us a double whammy! I am reeling! ( with joy, that is.)
"And so another Yak, so fine and frail, has handed in his dinner pail." From a P.G. Wodehouse poem--I just looked it up. Euphemism for death. That answers lots of questions, doesn't it?
I am utterly humiliated. I shan't ever refer to myself a Wodehouse fan again. The poem that the short story comes from is my favorite. In short, a young poetess becomes a hunter and the poem mentioned is one of the results.
My favorite line from the poem, which describes the method you should use when hunting yaks is (I'm quoting from memory here) is "The safest spot to put your shot is in the spinal column".
I can't remember the name of the story at the moment, but when I do I shall post it. You have been warned.
After further research, I found the whole poem and even thought about trying to copy and paste the whole thing here...it seemed like such a Nate poem.
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