I’ve often wondered about where this expression came from, and whether it was spelt as above, or as “here here”. Either seems plausible.
My aunt tells me it is an abbreviation of “Hear, all ye good people, hear what this brilliant and eloquent speaker has to say.”
You learn something new every day.
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I am 10,000 days old today, apparently.
The blogging hive mind at work again? I’ve just returned from a hair-raising, hair-removing, cut-throat, quintuple-hyphenated hot-shave by a Latvian on Leith Walk, and what do I see but a post from Jenks at The Thames on his issues with razor-blades. He mentiones that he has bought a new six-bladed razor, which I did not know existed.
All I can say is: Life imitates satire.
Well, its been a whole 364 days since my first proper post, where I suggested that we should allow paedophiles to abuse children, and terrorists to bomb trains.
Many thanks to those of you that have stopped by since then. I’ll buy you both a drink at some point.
There I am, sitting in front of a computer in semi-darkness, reading other people’s blogs and posting comments on them. I am happy.
Then an e-mail pops into my inbox. It is from from eBay. The subject line:
robertsharp - get outdoors.