http://kentwell.net/glenn/289 Or, 101 Ways to Improve Your Life. And that's ironclad! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://kentwell.net/glenn/289#comment-15391 iian Sun, 18 May 2008 06:14:52 +0000 http://kentwell.net/glenn/289#comment-15391 Heh, breaking clichés down to extract their literal meanings is one of my nerdier past-times. Here's a random one: 'pulling out all the stops' was originally a reference to organists who, to test the pipes of an organ, would 'pull out all the stops'. No doubt it made a hell of a noise. Heh, breaking clichés down to extract their literal meanings is one of my nerdier past-times. Here’s a random one: ‘pulling out all the stops’ was originally a reference to organists who, to test the pipes of an organ, would ‘pull out all the stops’. No doubt it made a hell of a noise.

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