My daughter just asked me what it meant!
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and ... what did you tell her?? 
Nowt...
What does it mean though? I'm gonna google it
quote:Originally posted by N-icky:
What does it mean though? I'm gonna google it
It won't come up with Marcus's version.
quote:Originally posted by queenshaks:
Nowt...
My daughter thinks marcus is a howl ... but thankfully she didn't ask any questions about the graveyard shift ...
I must admit - I'd never heard the phrase in that context before
In all fairness Shar I did ask her to block her ears when she hears graveyard shift....she said I don't even know what it means...what does it mean?
I was like....erm....
I was like....erm....
I thought of Stephen King when I read the title 
On the 'graveyard shift' they would know if someone was 'saved by the bell' or he was a 'dead ringer'
England is old and small. When they started running out of places to bury people they would dig up coffins after so many years and reuse the graves. In reopening these coffins about 1 in 25 were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realised they had been burying people alive. So they tied a string on the decease's wrist and led it through the coffin lid and up through the ground and tied it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night and listen for the bell. Submitted by Marg Duncombe.
'Graveyard shift' also refers to the practice of sitting there overnight to guard against the grave robbers digging up the bodies!
England is old and small. When they started running out of places to bury people they would dig up coffins after so many years and reuse the graves. In reopening these coffins about 1 in 25 were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realised they had been burying people alive. So they tied a string on the decease's wrist and led it through the coffin lid and up through the ground and tied it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night and listen for the bell. Submitted by Marg Duncombe.
'Graveyard shift' also refers to the practice of sitting there overnight to guard against the grave robbers digging up the bodies!
quote:Originally posted by Rexi:
I must admit - I'd never heard the phrase in that context before
Me makes them up as he goes along I think.
Queenshaks,it's the name of a horror film,tell your daughter that if she asks again!
quote:Originally posted by queenshaks:quote:Originally posted by N-icky:
What does it mean though? I'm gonna google it
It won't come up with Marcus's version.
HaHa! It didn't - see above - tell you what though, i never knew that!!!!
quote:Originally posted by N-icky:
On the 'graveyard shift' they would know if someone was 'saved by the bell' or he was a 'dead ringer'
England is old and small. When they started running out of places to bury people they would dig up coffins after so many years and reuse the graves. In reopening these coffins about 1 in 25 were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realised they had been burying people alive. So they tied a string on the decease's wrist and led it through the coffin lid and up through the ground and tied it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night and listen for the bell. Submitted by Marg Duncombe.
'Graveyard shift' also refers to the practice of sitting there overnight to guard against the grave robbers digging up the bodies!
No mention of Marcus anywhere then...quelle surprise.
quote:Originally posted by Pwillow:
Queenshaks,it's the name of a horror film,tell your daughter that if she asks again!
Ok ta...
"Graveyard shift" is a fairly common phrase, but I think you'll find that Marcus' usage of the term is entirely unique to Marcus...
quote:Originally posted by Eugene's Lair:
"Graveyard shift" is a fairly common phrase, but I think you'll find that Marcus' usage of the term is entirely unique to Marcus...
I know what people usually use it for but in Marcus's case he adapted it to suit.
quote:Originally posted by queenshaks:
In all fairness Shar I did ask her to block her ears when she hears graveyard shift....she said I don't even know what it means...what does it mean?
I was like....erm....
I feign deafness when asked questions I don't particularly want to answer ...
quote:Originally posted by queenshaks:
My daughter just asked me what it meant!
I didn't know until the other day
quote:Originally posted by Shar:quote:Originally posted by queenshaks:
In all fairness Shar I did ask her to block her ears when she hears graveyard shift....she said I don't even know what it means...what does it mean?
I was like....erm....
I feign deafness when asked questions I don't particularly want to answer ...
She's a smart girl...she didn't ask again.
*phew*
quote:Originally posted by Liverpoollass:quote:Originally posted by queenshaks:
My daughter just asked me what it meant!
I didn't know until the other day
Same here LL.
quote:Originally posted by queenshaks:quote:Originally posted by Liverpoollass:quote:Originally posted by queenshaks:
My daughter just asked me what it meant!
I didn't know until the other day
Same here LL.
I wish I didn't know still
quote:Originally posted by queenshaks:quote:Originally posted by Shar:quote:Originally posted by queenshaks:
In all fairness Shar I did ask her to block her ears when she hears graveyard shift....she said I don't even know what it means...what does it mean?
I was like....erm....
I feign deafness when asked questions I don't particularly want to answer ...
She's a smart girl...she didn't ask again.
*phew*
