Schneier vs. Brin

[Mauro Diotallevi]

On 3/12/08, Warren Ockrassa <warren at nightwares.com> wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2008, at 5:52 PM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Doug Pensinger <brighto at zo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> But I think we were talking about holy underwear with holes in it
> >> (holey).
> >>
> >> As in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_garment
> >>
> >> but I see from the article that they don't really have holes in them
> >> anymore.
> >
> > Is this the origin of the phrase "God's trousers," used often by (I'm
> > pretty sure) Sean Connery in the movie (I think), _The Man Who Would
> > Be King_?
>
> Mormonism came into existence in 1839, so if the movie was set before
> that time period, no.

I'm not sure when it was set, but the Kipling story was written in
1888 -- I'm not sure if the phrase was in the story or not.  The movie
was made in 1975, and the phrase could certainly have been
anachronistic in the movie.

-- 
Mauro Diotallevi
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