The Short and the Long of It Traditional Cache
ohjoy!: We spoke with the lady who lives on the corner and explained the cache to her.
Apparently someone else is unhappy with it, and has left "X" rated messages and now removed the cache. Best to archive it if someone is unhappy.
The Short and the Long of It
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We are familiar with the expression, "That's the long and the short of it." This expression has its origins in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
However, in those days, the common expression was "the short and the long of it."
In Act II, Scene 2 it is used twice.
First Nym says to Page:
"And this is true . . . He loves your wife; there's the short and the long. My name is Corporal Nym; I speak and I avouch; 'tis true: my name is Nym and Falstaff loves your wife."
Later Mistress Quickly says:
"Marry, this is the short and the long of it; you have brought her into such a canaries as 'tis wonderful. The best courtier of them all, when the court lay at Windsor, could never have brought her to such a canary."
The origins of a few other expressions still commonly used are also found in this same scene.
Falstaff says:
"I will not lend thee a penny."
Pistol says:
"Why, then the world's mine oyster.
Which I with sword will open."
The meaning of canaries is one I am still searching for. I know they were a recent import from the West Indies and were highly prized.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
FUBEG ghor ng onfr bs YBAT cbfg jvgu nccebcevngr anzr