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Interesting story: my parents had a fashion business in Yorkshire, and one of their regular customers asked them to produce a t-shirt with the words "I jumped t
by osrec 4y ago
Interesting story: my parents had a fashion business in Yorkshire, and one of their regular customers asked them to produce a t-shirt with the words "I jumped the strid" on it. We had no idea what the words meant. Turns out, in Yorkshire, jumping the strid was a way to express your love to your girlfriend. We got a few of those t-shirts made, and were surprised by the number of 50+ year old couples that bought them that summer!
- slantaclaus 4y agoIf my wife jumped over the Strid to prove her love for me I would assume it to mean the opposite
- rob74 4y agoSo you either jump the Strid or, failing that, you cross the Jordan (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crossing%20Jordan https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crossing%20J...), in which case you won't need a T-Shirt anymore...
- chrisshroba 4y agoOr you cross the river Styx [1], depending which mythology you believe. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx
- anyonecancode 4y agoOr the River on Which Nothing Floats (referencing Ken Liu's Dandelion Dynasty, which I just finished. Liu is the American translator for Liu Cixin's Three Body Problem, which has been discussed on HN, so other HN readers might be interested to learn that he also has his own fiction) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu#Novels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu#Novels
- TylerE 4y agoOr the Rubicon