WHOS SITTING IN THE CATBIRD SEAT?
Hillary thought she was in the catbird seat. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are sitting in one. Where did the notion of SITTING IN THE CATBIRD SEAT come from? Baseball announcer Red Barber used the colorful phrase to describe a batter with a count of three balls and no strikes. The best position to be in. James Thurber wrote a short story called THE CATBIRD SEAT. There is a controversy as to who got it from whom. Barber said he heard it at a poker table in Cincinnati. The expression probably originated from an area where catbirds live. Catbirds and their cousin mockingbirds head to the highest point in the yard to stake claim on it’s territory. They sit up there and start loudly singing just before dawn during nesting season. WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? The Shakers were once a religious sect known for making well crafted furniture. One of their religious beliefs was celibacy- married couples included. The Shakers are now extinct. OUT, OUT DAMN SPOT The Ancient Romans dry c
