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Tresspasses (Dec 20, 2004)
Does anyone know the origins of this saying? I think it's funny...
Tresspasses (Dec 20, 2004)
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StrawberryYamichan (Dec 20, 2004)
nope....do you?
DinoFlorist (Dec 20, 2004)
I think that the muffin king said it once...
tidus (Dec 20, 2004)
maybe an alein said it when he land ed here
Tresspasses (Dec 20, 2004)
I don't know...in case anyone is interested, I did find this on it:

in a nutshell

In few words; briefly.

This phrase -- or its Latin equivalent, at least -- appears all the way back in antiquity. The famous Roman orator Cicero is said to have mentioned a parchment copy of The Iliad so tiny that it could literally fit right into a nutshell. (from http://www.funwords.com/library/i.htm ).

An odd phrase, and nobody really seems to know where it came from.
Kilala (Dec 20, 2004)
Ahhhh! Words! It burns!
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