Comments on: “Pushing Up Daisies” and Other Euphemisms for Death http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:29:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paul carr http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/comment-page-1/#comment-388704 Paul carr Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:44:08 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/#comment-388704 Conversely, if an old timer is still alive he is said to be on the right side of the grass. Conversely, if an old timer is still alive he is said to be on the right side of the grass.

]]> By: Jack Frost http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/comment-page-1/#comment-365142 Jack Frost Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:01:39 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/#comment-365142 "Getting one's mail delivered by moles" is another one. “Getting one’s mail delivered by moles” is another one.

]]> By: Nancy Jones http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/comment-page-1/#comment-329462 Nancy Jones Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:02:37 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/#comment-329462 Where did the phrase, "stick your spoon in the wall" originate, as a euphemism for death? Where did the phrase, “stick your spoon in the wall” originate, as a euphemism for death?

]]> By: Jim Downing http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/comment-page-1/#comment-223123 Jim Downing Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:36:18 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/#comment-223123 Took a harp. In the horizontal phone booth. Checked out. Became a root inspector. shuffled off this mortal coil. Took a harp. In the horizontal phone booth. Checked out. Became a root inspector. shuffled off this mortal coil.

]]> By: Liz Jones http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/comment-page-1/#comment-35391 Liz Jones Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:03:20 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/#comment-35391 I love euphemisms like the farming/gardening euphemism for being dead: PICKING TURNIPS WITH A STEP LADDER or more poetic for dying like: BLESSED BY THE PALE PRIEST OF DREAMLESS SLEEP I love euphemisms like the farming/gardening euphemism for being dead: PICKING TURNIPS WITH A STEP LADDER
or more poetic for dying like: BLESSED BY THE PALE PRIEST OF DREAMLESS SLEEP

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