(4 quotes found)
“FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat.To Rome said Nero: "If to smoke you turn I shall not cease to fiddle while you burn." To Nero Rome replied: "Pray do your worst,'Tis my excuse that you were fiddling first." --Orm Pludge”
Ambrose Bierce
“I was so scared I don't feel I have any entrails anymore.”
Mary Stewart
“FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat.”
“I have concluded that Anthony Kennedy was being ultra-careful in his testimony, with the entrails of Robert Bork still on the floor and dangling from the chandeliers. I conclude Judge Kennedy didn't want his guts ripped out by senators on this committee.”
Gordon Humphrey
