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WCDT Strips 3206 to 3210 (25 to 29 April 2016)
katsmeat:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 26 Apr 2016, 23:30 ---I've posted this before but, in the end, one of the real problems here is that, whilst Claire loves her brother, she neither likes or respects him. Add to this the fact that she is manipulative in nature (as she's shown with Pintsize) and her basically treating Clinton's personal life as a problem to solve, with or without his cooperation, was pretty much inevitable.
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I came on the forum to write something along the lines of "This is the horrible fallout that happens when somebody sees too many romantic comedy movies and tries to replicate their imbecilic scenarios in real-life"
I now think that's nonsense. The comment from BenRg absolutely nails it.
Pilchard123:
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 27 Apr 2016, 00:04 ---The original saying is; "The blood of brotherhood is thicker than the waters of the womb", which is to say, it means the exact opposite of how it's traditioally abbrviated.
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I doubt it. It's seen in similar form in
* 1180 - Reinhart Fuchs - "I also hear it said, kin-blood is not spoiled by water"
* 1412 - Troy Book - "For naturally blood will be of kind / Drawn-to blood, where he may it find."
* 1670 - English Proverbs
* 1815 - Guy Mannering - "Weel — Blud's thicker than water — she's welcome to the cheeses."
* 1857- tom Brown's School Days - "Blood is thicker than water"
MrNumbers:
--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 27 Apr 2016, 00:25 ---
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 27 Apr 2016, 00:04 ---The original saying is; "The blood of brotherhood is thicker than the waters of the womb", which is to say, it means the exact opposite of how it's traditioally abbrviated.
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I doubt it. It's seen in similar form in
SNIP
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My apologies. What I was quoting was probably a partially remembered elongated explanation of the 1180 version, or a modern translation of it.
Still, it seems to corroborate that the saying still means the opposite of what other people think, even if my phrasing of it was wrong.
Addendum; Following up on your citations brought further evidence in that there is a very similar saying in Middle Eastern cultures, and Mongolian ones, where 'water' is replaced with 'milk', referring to breasts, referring to a shared mother.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: katsmeat on 27 Apr 2016, 00:13 ---
I came on the forum, something along the lines of "This is the horrible fallout that happens when somebody sees too many romantic comedy movies and tries to replicate their imbecilic scenarios in real-life"
I now think that's nonsense. The comment from BenRg absolutely nails it.
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FWIW, the romcom addiction is a problem too, I think; just not the main one.
Tova:
Well, you know what they say. Every aphorism has an equal and opposite aphorism. :wink:
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