(October 16, 2018 at 10:29 pm)julep Wrote:(October 16, 2018 at 9:59 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: No, "saved by the bell" comes from boxing; a boxer still on his feet, but faltering, can be saved from his opponent giving the decisive blow because the bell that marks the end of the round rang, and the boxers know you don't fuck with the Marquess of Queensbury's rules.
That was the earliest known use of the phrase. At least until this:
(Also, it turns out that YouTube is down, so if the video looks like a random string of characters in a text box instead of a video, that's why)
Also, looking into the safety coffin's history, it's telling that there are no signs of anyone actually being saved by that bell.
You mean the guide at the whiskey museum was lying to us?
She seemed so sincere.
Of course at the beginning of the tour she said she was native Irish and then she told us she was from New Jersey.
Her sister is probably a native of Scotland and organizes hunts for the wild haggis.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
