wide array of death euphemisms

[Mullins, Bill]

I yield to that master of euphemisms for death, John Cleese:

"It's passed on. This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired
and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of
life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be
pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir
invisible. This is an ex-parrot."


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kara Everman [mailto:Karaeverman at AOL.COM]
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 3:05 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: wide array of death euphemisms
>
> to identify with the life philosophy of laughing instead of
> crying where trouble is concerned is the fact of a wide array
> of these death euphemisms to buy the farm to bite the dust
> curtains to kick the bucket to punch ones ticket to sleep
> with the fishes to meet ones maker  where do these euphemisms
> originate and how are they made
>