I was just writing to Kelly when I came across a phrase that got me thinking. “Passed with flying colours”. So, anyone know the origins of this phrase?
I know that a flag used to be called your “colours” so “flying colours” could refer to a flag. The image I have stuck in my head is [...]
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Question of the Week - Passed with Flying Colours…
May 20th, 2009
Questionable Answer…
April 29th, 2009
I know you all dying to know the answer to the “Question of the week” I posed you last week! What with all the comments flying back and forth, the heated debate, and the life changing epiphanies we have all experienced. Amongst all this fast and furious action I managed to find the time to [...]
Question of the week…
April 17th, 2009
A long, long time ago in a land far away… a Man stood up for what He believed in and was crucified for it. Disregarding the origins of this man, let us see what He saw. He looked around and was disgusted by all the corruption, politics, greed, sloth and disregard for human life that [...]