Dunno, the park service makes it look like, well... a day in the park.
http://www.nps.gov/drto/index.htm
But in the 1800's....
Dunno, the park service makes it look like, well... a day in the park.
http://www.nps.gov/drto/index.htm
But in the 1800's....
That explanation is in question, mainly because use of the expression predates Lincoln's assassination.Originally Posted by nx6d
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
True dat. I was using it during the Spanish Inquisition.
Please. Trekker.You're such a Trekkie.....
(I was thinking the same thing, actually)
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Oh? I didn't see that one coming.
But then... Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition...
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
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Eddie Izzard did a nice bit on the Spanish Inquisition - if Church of England did it...
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As usual, Il Papa, you are correct. My calculations tell me, Captain, that while the use of Dr. Samuel Mudd's name was associated with the expression, "your name is mud" did predate the 1860's.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/y...me-is-mud.htmlIf the phrase wasn't originally 'your name is Mudd', how did it originate?
Mud is exhaustively defined in the OED as "soft, moist, glutinous material resulting from the mixing of water with soil, sand, dust, or other earthy matter". The word began to be used in a figurative sense as early as the 16th century to refer to things that were worthless or polluting. That usage was later extended to apply to people, as listed in the 1703 account of London's low life, Hell upon Earth:
Mud, a Fool, or thick skull Fellow.
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All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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