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It is only since the mid-19th century that we have been clutching at straws. Even more recently, the ‘grasp at straws’ version has become commonplace, especially in the USA. Prior to that, desperate people would ‘catch at a straw’. That usage of ‘catch’ was commonly used in medieval England, by which was meant ‘obtain/achieve’; for…
Your ideas about the afterlife are proven wrong when you are killed in a bus crash and spend eternity reliving Truck Month at your local car dealer.
Your worth is finally proven when firefighters burst into your blazing apartment and save your sticker collection, leaving you to die.
Do not let yourself become known in your community as the one who dresses up in a monkey suit and climbs the water tower.
Embarrassment will be your lot this week when, on your way to the patent office, you learn that someone has already invented a “crotch-less” panty.
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