I mentioned this in the B. C. comments, yesterday, but it was very late in the day, so since I’m here early today, I’ll bring it up again:
I wrote the B.C. authors a suggestion that their next B.C. paperback (or two or whatever it takes) be a compilation of all past “Wiley’s Dictionary” strips. In case they read this board, let them know if you like that idea. :) - Or, if ya wanna, you write to them here: http://www.creators.com/write/comics/bc.htmland give them the suggestion, too. Tell them you got the idea from a brilliant and well-dressed chimp. ;)
Oh, I don’t really know, but I’d bet “Drawing a line” is an abbreviated form of “Drawing a line in the sand”, considering the gesture has a long history that EASILY predates the expression.
Heck, I thought it started with William Travis at the Alamo (though, in that instance, the gesture meant “Who’s with me?” rather than “Don’t violate my limit, mister!” But nope…It says somewhere in the Bible that Jesus drew a line in the sand, too.____________________________
Others:
It got a sincere chuckle out of me. “I drew a line in the sand.” You’d expect it to be a firm affirmation of some FIRM decision…Drama is fixin’ to unfold, er sumthin’. But what do we get, instead? Nuthin’. So what’s funny about it to me? I dunno. Either the surprise factor, or the feebleness of his gesture, or his ignorance of the meaning of the gesture…Yeah. I think that’s it… The ignorance.___________________________________
HEY EVERYBODY:
I just sent a suggestion to the B.C. authors that they put together a paperback book or two or thr…whatever (though I joked about a hardcover) that would be a complete compilation of “Wiley’s Dictionary.”
Do y’all like that idea? … Good! Tell ‘em so! And if they say they don’t wanna, we’ll tell them we won’t read anymore B.C. ‘till they do!! … No, forget that. I won’t stop reading! (I’ve been a fan since I was a kid, and that was before “bc” had a meaning, lol… Well, we’ll tell them that… uhm… Hmm. We’ll think of something. ;)
WILEY’S DICTIONARY: A necessity for every library.
I mentioned this in the B. C. comments, yesterday, but it was very late in the day, so since I’m here early today, I’ll bring it up again:
I wrote the B.C. authors a suggestion that their next B.C. paperback (or two or whatever it takes) be a compilation of all past “Wiley’s Dictionary” strips. In case they read this board, let them know if you like that idea. :) - Or, if ya wanna, you write to them here: http://www.creators.com/write/comics/bc.htmland give them the suggestion, too. Tell them you got the idea from a brilliant and well-dressed chimp. ;)