The etymology of words and phrases.
It’s odd how set phrases come into everyday use. One of the ones oft spouted by people — predominantly pensioners — begins “Oooh, there’s nothing worse than…” and then describes something utterly mundane.
I can usually think of something worse:
| There’s nothing worse than… | Something worse |
|---|---|
| cold tea | being eaten by a leopard |
| toothache | a 60-year nuclear winter |
| a stitch | being chased barefoot across a field of stinging nettles by a rabid horse |
| a missing jigsaw piece | anal rape by a man with 6-inch nails driven through his cock |
Old folk, eh? They don’t know they’re born :-)
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