If Horace wanted to continue doing something beneficial there, he forgot the golden plan-b rule. He could’ve taken a knife and a piece of wood to carve a spare helve for his axe while waiting.In Finland there’s a very old say (free translation): “Good afternoon! A helve!” This is kind of a running gag, when visitor arrives to someone’s house and householder wants to save his/her time. Before visitor says anything, the host says those words out loud. Probably originally said, when a host carved a spare helve for his axe in those circumstances.
Fred about 6 years ago
bits & bytes… sort of…
J Short about 6 years ago
If you leave that out to rust, you’ll have an ax to grind.
Rev Phnk Ey about 6 years ago
I don’t understand. Two dumbbells and a goal post?
codedaddy about 6 years ago
Can someone explain? (I just had to ax).
BlueFin Premium Member about 6 years ago
If Horace wanted to continue doing something beneficial there, he forgot the golden plan-b rule. He could’ve taken a knife and a piece of wood to carve a spare helve for his axe while waiting.In Finland there’s a very old say (free translation): “Good afternoon! A helve!” This is kind of a running gag, when visitor arrives to someone’s house and householder wants to save his/her time. Before visitor says anything, the host says those words out loud. Probably originally said, when a host carved a spare helve for his axe in those circumstances.