Todays Blog was inspired by....

A one..Mrs Coogan. Yes the lady in question ( who has a most entertaining blog ), did a piece on Idioms And Their Origins, so I thought I would try some of my own...so sit tight, here we go!

Limelight

Thomas Drummond in 1816 devised a lighting source for theatres.  It was a cylinder of lime heated by an incandescence flame and placed behind a lens or in front of a reflector. These lime lights were very bright. Thus the star
performer was very visible as long as he stood in it. Soon, actors were
competing to be in the easily seen limelight. And so any location where
many can see you today is called being in the limelight.

Break the ice

All cities that grew as a result of being on rivers (for trade) suffered during bitter cold times when the river froze.Even large ships got stuck, making them icebound for weeks.Little small sturdy ships known as icebreakers were develop to precede the ships breaking ice and making a path. This was important for the ships to get the goods to market. And so every boatman knew that in order to get down to business, you first had to break the ice.Today it represents any sort of start to a project or on a first date where you "break the ice", usually represented by a kiss or a lengthy introduction ;)

Hen Pecked

Biologist W.C. Allee gained fame when he discovered the pecking order of hens, and the female's habit of using her beak as a weapon among other females. The hens never peck the male roosters. And yet the term today is often referred to represent the verbal attacks females put upon males. Go figure!

Well, theres a small history lesson for you today, hope you enjoyed it.

I stumbled across this site today, some of these people are scarily like their Celeb doubles, go and have a look for yourself, it's a scary world!!!

Celebrity look alikes

And now this....

A Euclid, Oregon, man claimed that a camcorder found by police with "up skirt" videos was not his. That is until he was shown the images where he often missed the intended focal point and got pictures of his own face.

And to finnish this blog today, I am going to be going with the fabled..

Quote of the day:- "During the scrimmage, Tarkanian paced the sideline with his hands in his pockets while biting his nails." - AP report describing Fresno State basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian.

An interesting feat by anyones standards. And now a picture.....