The Lady of Iron Chapter 23
Added 2025-08-17 05:16:54 +0000 UTCIs here!
This is the first of 3 chapters I owe ya'll this month. Expect the next 2 to drop very shortly.
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Looking up why we have certain sayings is always informative and usually a little unnerving.
Ellusive
2025-08-18 14:05:11 +0000 UTCIn case anyone is actually curious about the origin of that phrase, here's an expert from Wikipedia: the use of smoke enemas in Western medicine declined after 1811, when through animal experimentation Benjamin Brodie demonstrated that nicotine—the principal active agent in tobacco smoke—is a cardiac poison that can stop the circulation of blood.[11] The decline of this practice and the recognition of its toxicity led to the figure of speech "blowing smoke up one's ass", which means lying to someone to flatter them Yes, people used to literally blow tobacco smoke up drowning victims asses in the belief the warm smoke would help revive them.
Chet Manly
2025-08-18 03:37:20 +0000 UTCAppreciated. The chapter will be edited once more before posting but I appreciate any corrections you may find.
Ellusive
2025-08-17 13:52:27 +0000 UTCCorrections: This placcid blue mass was seren in the extreme -> placid and serene (I think)
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