davogrademe t1_jaq8ocp wrote on March 3, 2023 at 7:04 AM Reply to TIL "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps" is an example of an impossible task. The idiom dates at least to 1834, from the Workingman's Advocate: "It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots. by meat-juice I have pulled my self up from being prone by pulling my shoe laces. I guess it just requires thinking outside the box. Permalink 0
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davogrademe t1_jaq8ocp wrote
Reply to TIL "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps" is an example of an impossible task. The idiom dates at least to 1834, from the Workingman's Advocate: "It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots. by meat-juice
I have pulled my self up from being prone by pulling my shoe laces. I guess it just requires thinking outside the box.