just wondering
Right now, I’m sitting here thinking about the phrase “bought the farm” and failing to see the connection. Why does “he bought the farm” mean “he died”? If anything, it seems like he’d be losing the farm, not buying it. …Right?
Category: just wondering 5 comments »
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:41 am
So I wasn’t completely off –
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/72850.html
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Nice.
December 30th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Kelly! Kelly! Kelly!
Do you know the npr show “A Way With Words”? http://www.waywordradio.org/
You’ll LOVE it. (I love it, and because you love me, it follows fallacious logic that you’ll love it too, right?)
It will answer all your smart wordy question and aid in the furthering of your nerdiness (which I believe is a very good thing).
February 1st, 2009 at 8:45 pm
haha, when I read it I think of it as a sore analogy–one wanting you to connect something as expanse, and fruitful as a farm with that great fruitful expanse in the sky that most holy people aspire to.
So, In a sense, he bought that farm…the one up there.
perhaps?? I have no clue, truthfully. But that is the only way in my mind that I can even begin to work it out!
February 11th, 2009 at 12:19 am
Fara, you’re right! That NPR show is fantastic! I just now listened to an episode all the way through, and I felt like a total nerd sitting here with my computer on my lap laughing to this radio show. I loved it. I’ve got a lot of questions for them… maybe I’ll call in some day.