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Feeling a bit spammy today
Yet I'm getting more work done than usual. Hm O.o
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userpicks, they were talking about how Kirk never actually says "Beam me up, Scotty" in any of the Star Trek episodes or movies (possibly in the cartoon, I've heard?). Then someone mentioned that Holmes has never actually said, "Elementary, my dear Watson." I didn't know that one.
Nifty Snopes.com article on "Elementary"
The whole phenomenon of a quote assigned to someone who didn't say it, or a misquote of a famous line, is really interesting. It's like how some people/sources (I'm thinking of an old Loony Tune in particular) think that the line is "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well" whereas it is actually "I knew him, Horatio."
Poor Horatio, omitted by years of quoters.
There's a little red light blinking on my phone, and I have no idea why.
In
userpicks, they were talking about how Kirk never actually says "Beam me up, Scotty" in any of the Star Trek episodes or movies (possibly in the cartoon, I've heard?). Then someone mentioned that Holmes has never actually said, "Elementary, my dear Watson." I didn't know that one.Nifty Snopes.com article on "Elementary"
The whole phenomenon of a quote assigned to someone who didn't say it, or a misquote of a famous line, is really interesting. It's like how some people/sources (I'm thinking of an old Loony Tune in particular) think that the line is "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well" whereas it is actually "I knew him, Horatio."
Poor Horatio, omitted by years of quoters.
There's a little red light blinking on my phone, and I have no idea why.