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Originally Posted by infinite monkey
Who sez it's a pox on a house?
How in the world could that be a pox on a house?  |
I've heard that, IM. If someone says "bless your heart," or "bless her/his heart", they really mean that person is a no-good idiot. ESP. if said in the south. It's like "she's no better than she should be," like that.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
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