Wondering…
It’s the bee’s knees
It’s the Cats Pajamas
The cat’s miaow
Scratch a Man’s Back and he’ll Purr like a Walrus..
Who thought this stuff up?
Chris
Little bit Computer Junkie, Little bit pinball Junkie. Pretty much all around Geek.
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Livin It One Day At A Time
Ask and you shall receive:
http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxthebee.html
“A bee’s “corbiculae”, or pollen-baskets, are located on its tibiae (midsegments of its legs). The phrase “the bee’s knees”, meaning “the height of excellence”, became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s, along with “the cat’s whiskers” (possibly from the use of these in radio crystal sets), “the cat’s pajamas” (pyjamas were still new enough to be daring), and similar phrases which made less sense and didn’t endure[.]”
As for the “cat’s meow”, well, that’s pretty self-explanatory.
As for that last saying, it’s completely new to me and it sounds a bit spurious.
Who cares “it’s the spice of life”.
Oh, that last one is totally me.
I mean, who doesn’t purr like a walrus when his back is being scratched?
What does a walrus sound like when it purrs. Thats a new one.
Do walruses purr? I’m a little worried about your extensive knowledge of walruses. It just doesn’t seem right somehow.
The walrus purr is something along the lines of
uuurrrggghhhh urrrgggghhhh
Common, you girls have had to have scratched some guys back! You know what it sounds like! 🙂