In conversation at the weekend, it transpired that Stuart had only lately come across the phrase 'higher up/lower down the candle' to describe relative styles of church worship.
I suppose I grew up with the phrase, but I share Stuart's fondness for it and have used it many a time in recent years to describe part of my journey as having been one of climbing the candle.
Proof positive of this directional movement must surely be that a bored lunchtime perusal of my SiteMeter shows that I rank 55 on Google for the search Ecclesiastical Regalia.
The post in question also reminds me of an associated phrase that entered my lexicon a while back. Sadly I feel non-conformist Stuart will have less opportunity to use "up to his tits in tat".
Readers may draw their own conclusions about the implications of this blog also enjoying it transpires, a ranking of number 1 on Google for Clockwork Nun...
2 comments:
Can't say I've come across the 'up the candle' phrase... you learn something new every day :)
I have to ask too... are clockwork nuns and 'up to tits in tat' related?
lol
I love the tits and tat ...perfect for so very many of my pink-gin sodden (yes, that's sodden! but maybe it should be pink gin-sodden?) friends.
Happy Saturday :-) x
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