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With his father's last words appearing to be dismissive, and believing that nobody finds him funny anymore, Krusty quits his show. Bart attempts to reinspire Krusty by showing him old episodes of the show, but he picks up on the repetitive nature of his own jokes and binge drinks in anger.
This is a list of catchphrases found in American and British english language television and film, where a catchphrase is a short phrase or expression that has gained usage beyond its initial scope.
Between 800–100 BC, cippi were used by the Etruscans as tombstones, which were shaped differently depending on the place and time of origin. Cippi were set up as a stele, column or sculpture in the dromos of an Etruscan grave or at the grave entrance. They had magical and religious significance.
The cheeky phrases came into play in 1866, when the founder’s brother and business partner Daniel Chase designed a letter-stamping system. But the hearts wouldn’t get involved for another 35 ...
An epitaph (from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios) 'a funeral oration'; from ἐπι-(epi-) 'at, over' and τάφος (táphos) 'tomb') [1] [2] is a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it refers to text that is inscribed on a tombstone or plaque, but it may also be used in a figurative sense.
The tombstone, from 1627, was erected at the Jamestown settlement following the death of Sir George Yeardley, a colonial governor of Virginia. Mystery surrounding 400-year-old Jamestown gravestone ...
[1] [2] In 1768, John Ray defined a proverbial phrase as: A proverb [or proverbial phrase] is usually defined, an instructive sentence, or common and pithy saying, in which more is generally designed than expressed, famous for its peculiarity or elegance, and therefore adopted by the learned as well as the vulgar, by which it is distinguished ...
Old Tombstone is a monolithic freestone carving marking the grave of Robert Denton, who died in 1805, and is 4 ft (1.2 m) long, 2.6 ft (0.79 m) wide and, 1.6 ft (0.49 m) at its thickest point. [1] The stone features a carving on its top exposing the head and torso of a child, with markings in German, English and Latin. [1] The inscription reads ...