At 84, retired druggist Pigman is beyond the “knuckle down” age but will send the marbles to his three-year-old son in New York. Workmen demolishing the building a few days ago learned of the long lost marbles, recovered and returned all of them. In 1863, eight-year-old Augustus Pigman lost 16 prized marbles when he tossed them under a porch stoop to keep them from the hands of pursuing playmates. Petersburg Times on Jwhen the newspaper reported on “ Marbles Lost in 1863 Found.” In fact, the seriousness of the matter was recounted in the St. Losing one’s marbles is a serious matter for young children. There is a delicious inconsistency in the Nixon story: How could an intelligent man, a canny politician, blunder so egregiously in covering up a foolish crime - unless he had indeed lost his marbles? The historian who figures this out might earn a niche in history himself. It was entitled, “ The Catch 22 Question - Did Nixon Go Bananas?” The story read in part: And to make matters worse, he failed miserably.įrom yesterday’s entry at Idiomation what it means to “ go bananas” and on the Youngstown Vindicator ran a story by William Safire courtesy of the New York Times News Service. Bill concentrated on ending the inane major-league baseball strike.
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While the rest of the nation struggled with the profound problems that truly plague humanity - war, famine, death, pestilence and the O.J. On Februthe Pittsburg Post-Gazette wrote about former American President Bill Clinton and the baseball strike with an opening paragraph that stated:Īs you all know, President Clinton lost his marbles earlier this week. The word marble is Middle English from the Old French word marbre which is from the Latin word marmor which is from the Greek word marmaros and marmaros means “ shining stone.”īut to say that someone has lost his or her marbles is to mean that the speaker believes the other person has suddenly become mentally incompetent for an undetermined length of time. Back in the day, marbles was played with small balls of polished marble or alabaster but over the centuries, the game has remained the same even if the marbles themselves have changed. It was first recorded by that name in 1709, however, the game itself existed as far back as the 13th century in Germany where the game was known as tribekugeln. We all know that marbles is a child’s game.