Monday, 11 September 2017

Finally losing it

In trying to say something to John, I've just come out with this bewildering aphorism: "let him who is without stone cast the first greenhouse".

Now, I know what I meant, but I doubt whether anyone else would, and I've decided that the last miserable wits are finally trickling out of my poor wretched head. Worrying isn't it? Well, it certainly worries me.

Is this kind of thing happening to anyone else?
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  1. English Rider11 September 2017 at 15:51

    Love it! I totally understand your meaning. You could start a fashion of inverted sayings.

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    1. Frances Garrood12 September 2017 at 21:54

      Thank you for understanding, ER. We horsey people must stick together.

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  2. ADRIAN11 September 2017 at 15:54

    Sounds fine to me. I'm sitting here stoned in my glasshouse.

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  3. DawnTreader11 September 2017 at 16:50

    Could be the title of a new novel!

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    1. Frances Garrood12 September 2017 at 21:55

      Brilliant idea! A bit long, though?

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    2. DawnTreader13 September 2017 at 17:24

      No worse than for example
      'The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared' ;)

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    3. Frances Garrood13 September 2017 at 17:49

      True. But not so easy to remember. Even I can't remember it!

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  4. Wendy's Writing12 September 2017 at 08:39

    No - I'm afraid IRS just you, Frances 😊

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    1. Frances Garrood12 September 2017 at 21:56

      Wendy, what's IRS? Am I going to like it?

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    2. Graham Edwards28 September 2017 at 08:28

      I've found 96 meanings for IRS none of which make any sense in this context so I have a feeling that Wendy's spillchucker had a hissy fit. I'd love to know what the proper explanation is though.

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  5. Maggie May12 September 2017 at 09:20

    I can't beat Adrian's comment. Priceless!

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    1. ADRIAN12 September 2017 at 18:07

      Maggie, delete your comment or learn Latin. I bet a pound to a penny what I writ was a non sekwiture.

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    2. Frances Garrood12 September 2017 at 21:57

      Maggie, thank you for your comment. And ignore Adrian. His is classic attention-seeking behaviour.

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  6. Graham Edwards28 September 2017 at 08:30

    I hate to be pedantic, Frances, but is it an aphorism?

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