A little tidbit that I learned recently: the phrase ‘break a leg’ comes from the fact that the devices which raise and lower the curtains in a theatre are called ‘legs’. The idea was, a show would have so many encores that one of the legs would break from the strain.
oldpine52 almost 8 years ago
And never say the name of that Scottish play.
sadiedog almost 8 years ago
A little tidbit that I learned recently: the phrase ‘break a leg’ comes from the fact that the devices which raise and lower the curtains in a theatre are called ‘legs’. The idea was, a show would have so many encores that one of the legs would break from the strain.
formathe almost 8 years ago
This cartoon just triggered all the creationists. “there is a disturbance in the farce”.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
Sure to them animals change in a “wink of an eye” by their deity’s whim.
hippogriff almost 8 years ago
Night-Gaunt49
No, all species have existed from the beginning of time, and Adam named them all in English. [sarc]