If I Only Had a Brain
The phrase “I know it by heart” makes no sense to me in the context that everyone uses it. Since when does your heart do any memorizing or remembering for you?? Wouldn’t it make a whole lot more sense to say “I know it by brain”?? I’m sure that phrase started back in the times when people actually believed that your heart did the functions that we now know are performed by the brain. So since we have now educated ourselves otherwise, wouldn’t it be a good time to stop using that phrase in that context…since we now know it makes NO FRIGGIN SENSE!?!?!?!
If someone asks you how you know you are happy or how you know you are in love…that would be a completely appropriate time to say “I know it by heart.” BUT if someone asks you how you just recited Pi to the 46th digit…please think(with your BRAIN) before you speak and let them know that “I know it by brain!”
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March 10th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
haha You’re so clever!I’m a huge fan of your blog! It’s so unique and I really check up on it everyday. I just madea blog for myself about fashion and kind of like my day to day life. I hope that you take a look!
xoxo - claudia
November 24th, 2009 at 4:13 am
To know something by heart means that you care about. You can know something and not really care for it.But when you actually love something that you know then it’s knowing by the heart. And if someone was to take the time to memorize Pi to the 46th digit then I would think they would have a love for numbers so why not say I know it by heart.