Joseph Thuotte

No one knows who wrote, spoke, or possibly drew the world's first idiom. Some language historians point to a newly discovered cave painting that depicts a large bear shitting in the woods. But was the intent simply to convey a caveman's literal fascination with the great beast's stool or was there a more figurative meaning; the debate rages on. Anyway, what we do know is that bored, unemployed English majors often write books regarding idioms' meanings and origins. Since those books already exist, and most are really quite boring, we decided to take things a step further by offering an alternative story behind some of our favorite idioms. We've also included some slightly-better-than-stick-figure illustrations to assist those readers intimidated by even minimal amounts of text. Anyhoo, are we confident that you'll like the book? "Does a bear shit in the woods?"