Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Ever felt logy after eating beef? It's like the effect the tryptophan in turkey has, only sublter. On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 09:59 AM, (AT) (DOT) com wrote: > Message: 5 > Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:44:27 -0000 > " Gary " <gsmattingly > OT - beef-witted? > > Hi, > > Just reading through my " Forgotten English " day > calendar and I noted the following which I thought > I would pass on. > > " The Rev. T.F. Thiselton Dyer's " Folk-Lore of Shakespeare " > mentions that, 'According to a curious fancy, eating beef > was supposed to impair the intellect . . . Thus, in " Twelfth > Night " , Sir Andrew says, 'Methinks sometimes I have no more > wit than a Christian, or an ordinary man has, but I am a great > eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit.' In > " Troilus and Cressida " , Thersites says to Ajaz, 'The plague > of Greece upon the, thou mongrel, beef-witted lord. " > > Gary > > " Anyone who says Iraq has nuclear capability doesn't know what the hell he' s talking about. " Scott Ritter, Weapons Inspector, 11 Sep 2002, on TODAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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