Candorville by Darrin Bell

Candorville

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  1. simpsonfan2

    simpsonfan2 said, 4 months ago

    Like paying for the emergency room visit after someone beats him up.

  2. Richard S. Russell

    Richard S. Russell said, 4 months ago

    One of many odd phrases I too have wondered about. Another: Tumbling “head over heels” down the stairs. That’s how I spend most of my conscious life.

  3. Richard S. Russell

    Richard S. Russell said, 4 months ago

    @Richard S. Russell

    No, not the “tumbling” part, the “head over heels” part.

  4. Bob

    Bob said, 4 months ago

    A$$ over teakettles?

  5. cdward

    cdward said, 4 months ago

    “So long,” I believe, is short hand for, “it will feel so long till we meet again…” Or something to that effect.

  6. cdward

    cdward said, 4 months ago

    @Richard S. Russell

    Yeah, I know. It doesn’t really make any sense. But “Heels over head over heels over head over heels over head…” Would be such a long-winded phrase. And “heels over head” just sounds like you’re standing on your head.

  7. rshive

    rshive said, 4 months ago

    Lemont seems to make a career out of bugging that lady. He’ll indeed pay for it, whether logically or not.

  8. lisapaloma13

    lisapaloma13 said, 4 months ago

    @rshive

    Maybe he has a crush on her and wants to make small talk.

  9. ebsan

    ebsan said, 4 months ago

    Why do people say “Bye-bye” at the end of a phone conversation? They don’t say " Hello-hello." Except in Japan. They start with “Mushi-mushi”.

  10. YatInExile

    YatInExile said, 4 months ago

    “Goods and services”? She’s gonna service Lamont with a foot up his @$$.

  11. Varnes

    Varnes said, 4 months ago

    My dad, born in 1904, always said the the pfrase actally started out as heals over head, then got reversed…He also said that 23 Skidee was wrong, too. He claimed it was 22 skidoo and 23 skidee. And let’s not forget, “Play it Sam…”

  12. Varnes

    Varnes said, 4 months ago

    BTW, I don’t have a problem with slang, especially if everybody understands what is really being said…. Well, I gotta book now….

  13. Varnes

    Varnes said, 4 months ago

    And L7 is more of a rectangle than a square….

  14. webbbaron

    webbbaron said, 4 months ago

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=so+long

  15. CharlieTuba

    CharlieTuba said, 4 months ago

    so long
    parting salutation, 1860, of unknown origin, perhaps from a Ger. idiom (cf. Ger. parting salutation adieu so lange, the full sense of which probably is something like “farewell, whilst (we’re apart)”), perhaps from Heb. shalom (via Yiddish sholom). Some have noted a similarity to Scand. leave-taking

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