The phrase derives from track-and-field events in which athletes are required to place a foot on a starting line and wait for the signal to go. Race officials used to shout “Toe the line!” where now they shout “On your marks!”
Since entering the language, the idiom has developed to mean do what is expected or act according to someone else’s rules or expectations.
@dgar#EnglishIsHard is completely the wrong hash tag, sorry. English is not my first language, I'm Scottish 😉, and I can manage. It's easy. Honestly. For example:
One house, two houses.
One mouse, two mice.
One grouse, two grouse.
@dalehandyman One tooth, two teeth.
One booth, two booths.
And while we are on the subject of "oo":
Blood is blud.
Flood is flud.
Floor is flore.
Door is dore.
And it always makes me laugh when the racists want to "keep the English pure". Give where the English come from, plus "pure" is actually the white dog poo you almost never see these days. Great for tanning leather! 😁
Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Tuesday which, due to the bank holiday, is currently acting as a Monday, being the first working day of the week. And it's still raining, even though the bank holiday is over.
Have a grand day regardless. Make sure you have fun and don't forget to laugh a lot. Take care.
Today's random photo is from 22nd February 2012. It's a female Common Frog heading through the garden to meet up with the boys in the pond. 😉
From now until the #election, I'm playing the Benny Hill theme tune at full volume and adopting a Kenneth Williams "oooh matron" voice, because it's now the only way to keep a grip on #reality
@yacc143
Sort of agree. My chest X ray was excellent they said. They objected to the tablets I was on for the hay fever. I did point out that I wouldn't need them underwater, but it was still a "no". 😟
@PaulNickson
Just as well it wasn't one of them new fangled Typhoon jobbies that they have up in Lossiemouth. Now they really know how to make a noise! Louder than a Vulcan but without the lovely Vulcan Howl!
@Thebratdragon
I was in Dyce, near Aberdeen, on the North Sea rigs flightpath for the choppers. I woke one night with choppers everywhere. That was the night Piper Alpha went "phut" and I lost two friends. 😢
I also lost a college friend when the final Chinook went in, that was when they were banned for North Sea operation.
@isotope239
Apparently, the lady who lives in the big black house between Buckpool and Portgordon, hates being home alone when it's stormy!
Also, the lady who lives in the long white house, closer to Buckpool, gives away rather nice, home grown rhubarb. We took a couple of sticks home to Leeds and it was excellent. MrsD even manged to find, and thank, the lady in question, on Facebook!
@karencookphotos Apparently, no woodpecker dies of old age, they usually die of brain damage! Even though their brains are cushioned against the hammering. 😟
At some point, my purse became a walking pharmacy. Stomach upset, got a headache? I have you covered. Need bug spray or sunscreen, what about some lotion or hand sanitizer? I've got a snack, and something to freshen your breath.
When I had surgery a few years ago, I had a weight limit of 10 pounds for 3 months! Hubs said he needed to weigh my purse to make sure I could safely carry it. I thought he was joking, turns out it weighed 17 pounds!
Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to another bank holiday Monday. Looks like the weather is back on form for today, it's raining! No surprises there then.
Yesterday's bath leak fixing job seems to have been a success! MrsD and I shared a bath last night (TMI?) and there were no leaks during bath time or afterwards when the plug came out! 👍
Enjoy your BH Monday, or just your Monday as appropriate. Have fun, take care.
Today's photo is from yesterday. It's a Garden Snail on a wet tree stump.
Enjoy your trip to Weymouth. MrsD and I went there a few years back. If I remember correctly, we had coffee and cake in an outdoor café down by the corner of the harbour/marina.