Oh what a picture that quote painted – sounds just like a grandma’s quote.
Mind you there would be some who’ve tried all sorts of things to obtain ‘knowledge’
Cathy
I love ice cream and often get the one that comes with a chocolate flake mini bar…whether I get any knowledge remains to be seen but I love it nonetheless…
I wouldn’t lick anything off a stone. As for knowledge, that’s something slowly accumulated through intelligence, curiosity and unexpected insights.
Nick, I don’t think Tom Murphy’s Grandmother would actually lick a stone either.
Oh what a picture that quote painted – sounds just like a grandma’s quote.
Mind you there would be some who’ve tried all sorts of things to obtain ‘knowledge’
Cathy
Cathy, I was thinking of many different stones as I was typing. None of them would entice me to lick it.
I don’t lick much of anything these days.
A very small ice cream cone about once a year is enough for me, Dianne.
I love ice cream and often get the one that comes with a chocolate flake mini bar…whether I get any knowledge remains to be seen but I love it nonetheless…
Whipped ice cream with a chocolate flake mini is called a ’99’ over here. I had one during the summer, but let my sister finish it for me.
sounds like a variation on ‘It’s not off the ground he licked it’
Barbara, yes indeed.