sagevallant
sagevallant t1_japbw5o wrote
Reply to comment by WaterChi in TIL "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps" is an example of an impossible task. The idiom dates at least to 1834, from the Workingman's Advocate: "It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots. by meat-juice
Nah, pretty sure most of the people who say it have no idea what it actually means.
sagevallant t1_jctl7yw wrote
Reply to comment by keithforpresident in [Image] by bringmeturtles
Truly an inspiration to the rest of us.