An ex of mine once actually sat, well, bolt upright -- sitting up, anyway -- in bed in the middle of the night and exclaimed "Life expectancy!"
Unfortunately, on waking himself up by doing this, he a) had no memory of having said it, and b) couldn't reconstruct his dream-reasoning for saying it. So I've still no idea where on earth it came from. Baffling.
What does "bolt upright" even mean? Like a bolt? Quickly, like "bolting" (I mean, of horses, not of doors)? I feel silly for not knowing this, now. Dead bits of language, though, like those huge growth things on trees, all gnarled (like the rough hardworking hands of yer gardener/cook/stout yeoman with 1 x heart of gold) and stuck-on.
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Date: 2006-04-07 08:01 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, on waking himself up by doing this, he a) had no memory of having said it, and b) couldn't reconstruct his dream-reasoning for saying it. So I've still no idea where on earth it came from. Baffling.
What does "bolt upright" even mean? Like a bolt? Quickly, like "bolting" (I mean, of horses, not of doors)? I feel silly for not knowing this, now. Dead bits of language, though, like those huge growth things on trees, all gnarled (like the rough hardworking hands of yer gardener/cook/stout yeoman with 1 x heart of gold) and stuck-on.
Or something.