Hello rich, On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:00:11 -0400 GMT (29/04/2005, 23:00 +0700 GMT), rich gregory wrote:
rg> The quote is indeed "It ain't over until the fat lady sings", but rg> background given above sound like urban legend. rg> I never in my life heard of anyone ever singing AFTER a game is over. Singing is quite common after European football games. That's the game where you hit the ball with the foot, a.k.a. "soccer" in some remote parts of the world. http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/d-f/fat.shtml OK: Basketball, not baseball, but who can tell these American sports apart? Well, the opera reference is not entirely wrong: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/19/messages/174.html These are my choices from: http://www.google.com/search?q=fat%20lady%20sings This is OT. Are you subscribed to TBOT? -- Cheers, Thomas. Hellenolophobie: Angst vor griechischen Fachausdruecken. Message reply created with The Bat! 3.0.2.10 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
