Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Kev go break your neck..!

Hi Alan,

First thing I thought of when I read title is "break a leg". Not sure where that expression came from... but if this expression becomes popular we know Alan started it all off.

Tim

Cue the Kat! (she will know and tell you where it came from!

You're breaking mu heart here..........Well ok today is sale day.....price reduced for kickers for 5 years only how about free!!

Anyway you, you read it already and half wrote it and did dreadful drawings, it is a good job I was in charge of dust covers!!!

Seriously folks I am a bit thrilled that I managed to write a small book and miss clever clogs admin type is due praise for forcing me to do it, thanks Mig......and the end result, well is reasonable I think. ANyway book is free, autograph $50:99......lol

Well snowy as a favour is only $60 to you.....lol

Wow, feeling generous this morning are you! I want one! (free autograph included!)

It is terrifically written Alan.

For anyone interested in reading, most of Alan's story is interwoven throughout this long thread on the Surgery forum:
Has anyone had Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy

Well, I'm hurt. You never said anything to me about writing a book!! You great clot, you. Keeping secrets.

Honestly, tho, I think this is the only place in the world that you could tell someone to go break his neck and mean it nicely.

Warm hugs,

Well, it depends on what you believe, really. There are many different versions of where "break a leg" originated. Could be that it comes from the time of King James 1, when the fabled throwing of rotten veggies at a bad performance was countered by throwing coins at a good one. When that happens, the actors would break the line of their legs by bending down to pick them up.

Most actors think of it at tempting fate to wish someone good luck, so we wish bad luck instead (rather like dancers saying "Merde" to each other before a performance - literally wishing each other to step in "[censored]" during the performance). This is carried through several languages (Roman, German, Yiddish). The Greeks used to stomp their feet on the ground if they liked a performance, sometimes breaking their leg in the stomping. Elizabethans used to pound their chairs on the ground if they liked a performance, sometimes breaking the legs of the chairs.

Or, it could be because the rods used to open and close the curtains on a stage were called 'legs'. If a performance was particularly good and there were many bows, the curtains would be raised and lowered multiple times, and sometimes the legs would break.

Did I do good, Kev?

warm hugs,