[lit-ideas] Re: Twofer Sunday
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:42:15 -0800
On Nov 9, 2009, at 1:25 AM, cblists@xxxxxxxx wrote:
On 8-Nov-09, at 8:32 PM, David Ritchie wrote:
One
Not mysterious in the least when you get to know her, our goddess
moved in last week. ...
Two
If it were up to me and Hugo Ball ...
Marbellous, David. I not only took my hat off in respectful salute;
I ate it!
Thanks for causing me to read this:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/eat-my-hat.html
I've bundled up a care package of condiments, in case you've further
hats to eat. If not may I recommend John Helmer?
http://www.johnhelmer.com/
Before I become too smug about our fair city--come now, how many
cities still support a haberdasher?--I must confess that out-of-town
guests this weekend partook of a repast at Robert Paul's favorite,
"The Veritable Quandary." They didn't know what "veritable" meant,
so they asked a waitress. She didn't know either. They then changed
the subject, probably not wanting to wade further into the mire of
quandary.
It is an odd word. The O.E.D. says that it may have come from
"hypochondry" or "qu'en dirai-je?" or maybe even "wandreth." They
all sound a bit of a stretch.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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