Q: If a man bows stiffly, is he to be considered a gentleman or a stiff?
(Cowe) A: The manliness of a stiff is directly proportional to the gentleness of his bow.
(Claire's) comment: well said, my good stiff.
By the way, the definitions of a "stiff" are as follows:
n. Slang
1. A corpse.
2. A person regarded as constrained, priggish, or overly formal.
3. A drunk.
4. A person: a lucky stiff; just an ordinary working stiff.
5. A hobo; a tramp.
6. A person who tips poorly.
Congratulations to Cowe who was able to come up with every single one of these before the word was looked up. You will receive your certificate in the mail!
What would you say?
7 comments:
At LAST I have FOUND IT! The real connection between an overly formal person and a drunkard...
Amen to that!
So if I want to bow, but not risk appearing a stiff, how do I bow?
Flourish?
No, just bow regularly. Heck, you never bow, so why worry about it?
In your own words, zenka, amen to that!
Well, I bow and even salute fairly often, and I wouldn't like to appear stiff.
Or maybe I would. At least, I might in the trampish sense of the word. I've always dreamed of just hopping a train and tramping about for a while.
But I still don't know how to bow in the properly stiff or unstiff way.
It's a good thing to know; what if a guy with a gun catches you in some dark alley and tells you to bow in a very un-stiff way? Even worse, what if a girl catches you...?
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