Comments on: Piece of Cake http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/piece-of-cake/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john barach http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/piece-of-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-40241 john barach Thu, 31 May 2012 21:19:37 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=687#comment-40241 there's a story I'm trying to find in which a sailor of a PT boat in Europe - maybe the Dieppe raid?- calls the trip to come a "piece of cake". I think he dies . Any help? there’s a story I’m trying to find in which a sailor of a PT boat in Europe – maybe the Dieppe raid?- calls the trip to come a “piece of cake”. I think he dies . Any help?

]]> By: lauren http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/piece-of-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-27878 lauren Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:06:29 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=687#comment-27878 thanks this really helped me with my speech whcih we have to talk about the orgin of an idiom for 2 minutes! thanks this really helped me with my speech whcih we have to talk about the orgin of an idiom for 2 minutes!

]]> By: Mikel Obst http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/piece-of-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-12037 Mikel Obst Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:18:35 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=687#comment-12037 I've had an Afro for 7 years. It's a statement of who I am and where I'm from. Enjoy the Fro! I’ve had an Afro for 7 years. It’s a statement of who I am and where I’m from. Enjoy the Fro!

]]> By: Ilze Vitands http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/piece-of-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-6429 Ilze Vitands Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:49:19 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=687#comment-6429 I read somewhere that the cakewalk itself derived from slaves mocking their masters' pretentious displays during "The Grand March" portion of fancy balls, which was popular in white culture at the time. For an example of a Grand March, watch the John Ford movie "Fort Apache". I read somewhere that the cakewalk itself derived from slaves mocking their masters’ pretentious displays during “The Grand March” portion of fancy balls, which was popular in white culture at the time. For an example of a Grand March, watch the John Ford movie “Fort Apache”.

]]> By: Tula Shintaku http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/piece-of-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-4921 Tula Shintaku Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:11:46 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=687#comment-4921 I love Shrek movies, awesome animation movie. I love Shrek movies, awesome animation movie.

]]> By: CJ D http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/piece-of-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-2993 CJ D Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:34:06 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=687#comment-2993 After reading the answer above, and the brief mention of the Unabomber, I wonder about the origin of "make a stink" (or "raise a stink") to mean "make a fuss." How long have people used that expression? Did it come from the Greek understanding of the "humors" and bile and such being associated with anger, which could connect anger to indigestion, and then to possible emission of odors? Any ideas? After reading the answer above, and the brief mention of the Unabomber, I wonder about the origin of “make a stink” (or “raise a stink”) to mean “make a fuss.” How long have people used that expression? Did it come from the Greek understanding of the “humors” and bile and such being associated with anger, which could connect anger to indigestion, and then to possible emission of odors? Any ideas?

]]> By: Johnny Dubb http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/piece-of-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Johnny Dubb Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:42:44 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=687#comment-284 Wow! And I thought I surprised people with how few movies I've watched! No Mary Poppins? No Sound of Music? Now, I have no qualms about admitting that I have not seen the Titanic, or Shrek, but I thought everybody had seen those two musicals. I guess you really take the cake on that one! Wow! And I thought I surprised people with how few movies I’ve watched!

No Mary Poppins? No Sound of Music?
Now, I have no qualms about admitting that I have not seen the Titanic, or Shrek, but I thought everybody had seen those two musicals.

I guess you really take the cake on that one!

]]> By: Eddie http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/piece-of-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Eddie Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:10:00 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=687#comment-258 With all this talk of cake, I feel I must point out to you the lyric from Toy Matinee's "Last Plane Out" which reads: "With cake in vulgar surplus, you can have it, and eat it too" A very modern turn on the phrase, I think. With all this talk of cake, I feel I must point out to you the lyric from Toy Matinee’s “Last Plane Out” which reads:

“With cake in vulgar surplus,
you can have it, and eat it too”

A very modern turn on the phrase, I think.

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