Monday, December 26, 2005

 

Unintended Meaning

Thomas Hood (1799-1845) could hardly have anticipated the changes in the English language that give a new meaning to these lines from his poem An Open Question:
Some stiffish people think that smoking joints
    Are carnal sins 'twixt Saturday and Monday.
Not just sinful, but illegal in some jurisdictions, any day of the week.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 4:42 AM


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