The back story sounds far more insipid now.
Well, the phrase Dr J used was "not the brightest bulb in the barn".
Barn?! My immediate reaction was, "But there aren't that many lights in a barn."
Now this is what I think went on in that darling brain of his: I think he mixed up "sharpest tool in the shed" with "brightest bulb in blah blah blah" And for some reason shed == barn.
I don't know how I know this, but I will bet you, 10 to 1, that this is exactly what went down in this brain.
Now that the mystery has been given a rather anticlimactic resolution, I will say that I very much enjoyed all the replies to my poll. While I never stopped to think about it, Christmas tree makes sense and evokes quite lovely memories of the restful holidays.
Barn?! My immediate reaction was, "But there aren't that many lights in a barn."
Now this is what I think went on in that darling brain of his: I think he mixed up "sharpest tool in the shed" with "brightest bulb in blah blah blah" And for some reason shed == barn.
I don't know how I know this, but I will bet you, 10 to 1, that this is exactly what went down in this brain.
Now that the mystery has been given a rather anticlimactic resolution, I will say that I very much enjoyed all the replies to my poll. While I never stopped to think about it, Christmas tree makes sense and evokes quite lovely memories of the restful holidays.