tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post8687076354414353015..comments2024-03-29T09:08:05.850+00:00Comments on THE SMALL THINGS: Not exactly a eureka moment.Tania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-29041422156010474152013-01-17T12:26:51.548+00:002013-01-17T12:26:51.548+00:00See the following for a suggested derivation of th...See the following for a suggested derivation of the phrase<br /><br />http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-happy-as-larry.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13702475308562601190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-26574333592314260462013-01-17T04:19:58.200+00:002013-01-17T04:19:58.200+00:00I'll be the first one to (very politely) ask. ...I'll be the first one to (very politely) ask. Who is Larry, when he's at home? And why has he been dubbed the official representative of happiness?Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-44946779173716848952013-01-16T18:14:49.137+00:002013-01-16T18:14:49.137+00:00My mother was very taken with the poem Leisure by ...My mother was very taken with the poem Leisure by W H Davies (the original Super Tramp), and apt to quote the opening lines in her moments of stillness snatched from a busy day<br /><br /><br /><br />What is this life if, full of care,<br /><br />We have no time to stand and stare.<br /><br />No time to stand beneath the boughs<br /><br />And stare as long as sheep or cows.<br /><br />No time to see, when woods we pass,<br /><br />Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.<br /><br />No time to see, in broad daylight,<br /><br />Streams full of stars, like skies at night.<br /><br />No time to turn at Beauty's glance,<br /><br />And watch her feet, how they can dance.<br /><br />No time to wait till her mouth can<br /><br />Enrich that smile her eyes began.<br /><br />A poor life this if, full of care,<br /><br />We have no time to stand and stare.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13702475308562601190noreply@blogger.com