Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
These are from the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, and also more-or-less mesh with my own understanding:
Give the devil his due:
Admit it when there is some good even in a person you dislike. This saying appears in Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes.
Shakespeare also used the line, but I can't recall the context.
Pay the piper:
To pay the consequences for self-indulgent behavior: “If you stay up late at night to watch TV, in the morning you will have to pay the piper.”
Stupid brayne. I hate, hate, hate only partially remembering things that I know I've heard my entire life. One would think it would be right there at my fingertips, but nooooooooooo...
Bah.
Stoopit brayne.
But what if the Devil is the piper? Then it'd make sense to give the Devil his due by paying the piper.
OTOH, I don't think the Devil can play the pipe as well as the fiddle....
Especially if he goes down to Georgia...
Augh, I'm going to wind up with the most mangled cultural references...
But everyone will get it!
OK, time to shut down and put away. Later, all.
have a great trip, sara!!!
Safe travels, sara!
ok, let's all talk about sara now.
Hey, Smarties, my friends are performing their first concert as a trio in a few weeks and are looking for something to call themselves. They are three (beeyootiful) ladies who perform primarily medieval vocal music in both English and Latin (although they may add in other languages in the future).
Name should be pronounceable and clever but not inaccessible.
Anybody have any ideas?
Is it only for the holidays, lisa? My mind immediately went to Three Ladies in Wassailing. But puns may not be to everybody's taste.