"At home with the workmen all the afternoon, our house being in a most sad pickle." Samuel Pepys, Wed 26th September 1660.
How inconvenient for Sam but it reminded me of what a great phrase 'in a pickle is'. Apparently the expression 'in a pickle' refers to the unfortunate predicament of falling into the brine that was used in pickling rather than the pickle itself. Pickle coming from the old Dutch word 'Pekel' meaning brine.
But did people really fall into barrels of pickle or is it just a worry? And has this fear of falling into food spawned other food related phrases - "in a jam" "in a stew" "in a soup"?
hi - just letting everybody who is listed on the Metro blogs section know that their blogs are really, really, crap. Really really dull - including yours. check out www.people-piss-me-off.blogspot.com if you want to learn how to do it properly. Fool.
Posted by: Dj Quarry | July 24, 2006 at 04:10 AM
DJ Quary clearly is not a pickle fan. His loss. Pickle tangs! Come on.
Posted by: william | July 26, 2006 at 02:51 PM
Maybe he can find happiness in a cheese and pickle sandwich.
Posted by: Picklin' Paul | July 27, 2006 at 12:49 AM
That's hilarious. Critical blogspam. I bet that actually generates loads of traffic...
His loss for not appreciating proper niche content. Pickle power!
Posted by: Jared | August 07, 2006 at 01:24 AM