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I asked Shu where "stink to high heaven" came from, and he said it's a stench that's so awful that it rises to the highest part of heaven. Well, I decided to do some research on it, and first I found that it was used in Hamlet: "From a dialogue uttered by Hamlet's Uncle, the King of Denmark - 'O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon it, A brother's murder'." Then I found this on Etymology.com: "To stink to high heaven first recorded 1963." I will admit that Hamlet didn't have the "high" heaven in it. Still...it must have been recorded before 1963! | ||
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Dead Skunk is a song . . . Dead Skunk ( Loudon Wainwright III ) Crossin' the highway late last night He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right He didn't see the station wagon car The skunk got squashed and there you are! You got yer Dead skunk in the middle of the road Dead skunk in the middle of the road You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road Stinkin' to high Heaven! Take a whiff on me, that ain't no rose! Roll up yer window and hold yer nose You don't have to look and you don't have to see 'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory You got yer Dead skunk in the middle of the road Dead skunk in the middle of the road You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road Stinkin' to high Heaven! Yeah you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog On a moonlight night you got yer dead toad frog Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon The blood and the guts they're gonna make you swoon! You got yer Dead skunk in the middle of the road Dead skunk in the middle of the road You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road Stinkin' to high Heaven! C'mon stink! You got it! It's dead, it's in the middle Dead skunk in the middle! Dead skunk in the middle of the road Stinkin' to high heaven! All over the road, technicolor man! Oh, you got pollution It's dead, it's in the middle And it's stinkin' to high, high Heaven! ******* "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~Dalai Lama | |||
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My mother used it when I was a wee tyke in the 1940s, probably in regard to certain of my infantile bodily functions.  | ||
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