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Re: I like the world is my chocolate. You're right, oysters are icky.
Pat,
From what I've gathered from the comments, this Job guy sounds like he got the short end of the biblical stick. I think I've also missed the point of this tale--sounds to me like God has a nasty way of proving loyalty among his followers...
As for the oysters, I think we can assume that Naut the Nut will eat our share, since he's so fond of them.
Thanks for reading 
posted by
Sira890
on April 6, 2008 at 10:19 AM
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Re: Well don't get caught with your pants down, whatever you do.
LOL FYS!
I don't even know where to start...
Thanks for reading, and for reminding me how many annoying phrases there really are!
posted by
Sira890
on April 6, 2008 at 10:12 AM
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Re: oh and...
Wifey,
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
And thanks for the reference. It makes a bit more sense when you know the context of the phrase!
posted by
Sira890
on April 6, 2008 at 10:08 AM
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Re: My dear Sira,
Naut,
It makes a bit more sense when used in that context (especially since it was coming from a genius like Shakespeare!). But I think the meaning has been diluted over time, like so many other words and phrases. Now, it just annoys me...
Good luck with the slimy oysters--they're right up there with mushrooms on my list of foods to be avoided!
Thanks for reading, and for the Shakespeare info
posted by
Sira890
on April 6, 2008 at 10:06 AM
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vouge,
It is senseless! If I'd had time, I could have written a novel on all the catch phrases that drive me mad, including "it's raining cats and dogs."!!
Thanks for reading
posted by
Sira890
on April 6, 2008 at 10:03 AM
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I like the world is my chocolate. You're right, oysters are icky.
As for Jobe -- It's from the Old Testament, the book of Job. He was the shuttlecock in a contest between the devil and the lord, a devout man who accepted whatever God said or did with grace. So as a test, they did all kinds of stuff to him, made his animals sick, afflicted his family, sent great ugly boils... Kind of a reward for being patient and submissive. Don't know if I took the right lesson from the story.
posted by
Pat_B
on April 6, 2008 at 5:46 AM
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Well don't get caught with your pants down, whatever you do.
Particularly if you're living life in the fast lane, which I hear is the best thing since sliced bread, but those drivers I hear aren't the sharpest tools in the shed. you know, they say you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. After all, you don't have to be a whale to write Moby Dick. HOLY CLICHE BATMAN!
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on April 5, 2008 at 5:34 PM
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oh and...
Patience of Job is in reference to Job in the Bible... he was a good man who got the worlds worth of crap thrown at him.. kicked when he was down, everything that could go wrong went wrong-- and he stayed true and patient. knowing good will come...
just FYI--
and i really do enjoy your writing-- keep it up :)
posted by
TheWifey
on April 5, 2008 at 5:04 PM
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I love your writing style!
posted by
TheWifey
on April 5, 2008 at 5:02 PM
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My dear Sira,
I’m not gonna deal with Pete or violets or chickens, but only with oysters! (I can deal only with one thing at a time, unless I want to turn this into a post!)
That saying actually comes from Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, where Pistol to says to Falstaff,
‘Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.’
(It’s in Act 2.)
The sense is clear: he will search for his pearl with all his might, and if he doesn’t find it, it won’t be for want of trying.
But I am shocked at your disdain for oysters! They’re marvellous! I think I’ll do a post on oysters. For now I have just composed a haiku, not very good, but it gets across what I mean.
oysters: neptune’s gift
of primal sensuousness
you drink in the sea
Now I’m gonna go and get myself some oysters. And I like chocolate too…
posted by
Nautikos
on April 5, 2008 at 1:53 PM
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Here is another one which one of our fellow bloggers asked us to answer if we knew (I don't) It's raining cats and dogs. Equally senseless, don't you think?
posted by
vogue
on April 5, 2008 at 12:54 PM
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