Sunday, October 23, 2005

As long as we're on the topic of etymology

As long as we're on the topic of etymology:

"'Every man meets his Waterloo at last,' wrote the nineteenth-century American moralist Wendell Phillips, and the phrase has indeed slipped into the English language to imply that there is a fate, an inescapable destiny, awaiting us all." Andrew Roberts, Waterloo: The Battle for Modern Europe (HarperCollins, 2005).

So - the next time you're playing Hearts, think of the three-threes as a matter of morality.

2 comments:

stuart/cathie said...

Don't you mean Argentine Rummy???

Caroline

stuart/cathie said...

Oops.