6 things is really not normally a big deal. I mean I've done a lot more on other Sundays and yeesh! What to say, what to say. So I decided to discuss some old and new saying that don't make any sense to me at all. And if you can answer any of the questions, please, please, please tell me! I want to know!
1."DTR" and "FBO" "Define the Relationship" and "Facebook Official". This kinda makes me laugh because it's something that I explained to my parents and it's such a cultural thing and a generational thing and I am ashamed to say I am in the generation where everything has an unofficial official label or title for anything and everything. It's shameful really. Other examples: "LOL" "BRB" "BTW" "OMW" "TMI" "IDK" "BFF". There are ENTIRE websites and dictionaries made to help people like me understand why people use shorthand and what the shorthand means. You do realize no one, well me and maybe a few others, no one wants to read in code AND did you know your phone will spell out the entire word if you just get your phone started on what you want to say. True story. Some even have voice command where you tell it what to text and boom. All written out for you and all you have to say is "Send". It's too good to be true. And WHY, why do people feel the need to use text lingo while talking in an actual conversations and also in professional, formal writing. It is so annoying. We are losing, people. Losing to our culture where fast and shortened is better. I think we are being blinded. Fast and shortened is not better. Sometimes it is, but not in this case.
2. "It's the best thing since sliced bread." I use this saying because I think it's a great saying but honestly, I can think of 10 things that are better than sliced bread ever was. The problem for me with sliced bread is that it is so definitive. This is your slice of bread. Well, what if I want a thick slice of bread and this one was all thin. Or what if I didn't want the heal of the bread or what if I did, but I wanted part of the regular loaf along with it. What if I wanted like a quarter of the bread as one slice and now, now I have to eat your slice of bread which is more than likely, different than what I wanted that slice of bread to look like. Do you see my dilemma. It's much too definitive for something like a slice of bread. So think of all the things that are way more wonderful than sliced bread. For instance, heated seats in cars, light-up shoes when I was a kid (even now, they are PRETTY awesome), sunshine in the winter, not having to ask permission to eat ice cream, and getting to eat ice cream out of the carton. Now that, that is WAY better than sliced bread on any given day.
3. "It's the bees knees". I love love love this saying because it makes NO SENSE whatsoever. Last time I checked, bees don't really have knees and if they do what's so great about them. But nothing sounds better than when you say "It's the bees knees" when talking about something great and it somehow fits so well and when you think about it, it makes literally no sense. The saying is basically the bees knees.
4. "Happy Camper". Where did that saying come from? A camper who found dry wood while it was raining? and said "I am one happy camper!" Or, a camper who caught a fish for dinner? A camper who didn't get eaten by a bear? A camper who finally was successful at "pitching his tent"? A camper who was alone? A camper who made s'mores? I mean what a weird saying, and what makes a camper happy? I feel like both words "camper" and "happy" need to be defined. What exactly is a camper. And who's definition are we using when we use the word "happy"? This is how my brain works. It's crazy I know. If anyone knows how this saying came to be, tell me. I want to know.
6. "Pitch a tent". Where in the world did that one come from because I am pretty, nope positive, that pitching has nothing to do with a tent. Pitching implies it was haphazardly done. While something like putting up a tent requires attention to detail, patience, and many hands. So the verb "pitching" which is a gerund (which like I said, you probably didn't want to know), is probably not the best verb to use while describing how you put up a tent.
See, all things you probably didn't want to know. What if you don't know all these ridiculous questions I asked. Hopefully you won't be thinking about it all the time like I do. And if you should happen to know the answers to my questions you should tell me. Because I will be grateful for probably like forever, or until the next person comes along and tells me the answer to another question I have. I'm curious in case you haven't noticed. Which leads me to a bonus one.
Bonus: "Curiosity killed the cat." Was it really the curiosity? And I've seen cats, and unless they are kittens, they seem to lie around a lot doing a bunch of nothing. Curiosity could not have literally killed the cat because curiosity is an adjective. Not a verb. Curiosity is literally incapable of doing anything. So it can't be curiosity that killed the cat. So, who came up with this saying? And maybe the saying should be "Curiosity got the cat killed" or "The cat got killed when it was curious about the way this worked" or "The cat tried something new because it was curious and it died". But "Curiosity killed the cat" seems a little implausible to me. Also as I spell the words curiosity and curious, I wonder why is it that "curiosity" has no "u" while "curious" has a "u". Why do you try to confuse me English language?
Yours truly,
A bewildered Sarah
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