Re: sup on flounders?


"Einde O'Callaghan" <einde.ocallaghan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:43h3iiF1npd94U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> flemming chr. nielsen wrote:
>
> > Please, take a look at the following situation:
> >
> > A minstrel has finished a song, and it is characterized as
"rather flat...
> > Flat as the foot of a man with his mind made up. Did you sup
on flounders
> > last night?"
> >
> > I guess, that "flat as the foot of a man with his mind made
up" means, that
> > outside influence is impossible. But does the last sentence
mean, that he
> > has been unable to fall asleep?
> >
> > I don't see a clear connection between the two sentences.
Maybe it's a sort
> > of pun.
> >
> One additional comment that hasn't really been memntioned.
"Sup" is a
> rather old-fashioned word that now generally means "to drink",
but it
> also has an even older meaning, i.e. "to eat supper", supper
being an
> evening meal, often eaten relatively late.
>

E.:

Though my prehistoric memories are wanting, I've only heard "sup"
for
eating...with the unmentionable exception of the teeny-bopped who
abuse it as a truncation of the already microcephalic greeting
"What's up?".

Regards,

Edward Hennessey


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