Well from time to time i do ask if anyone has anything interesting they want to post of my blog .....feel free to do so .....no cost ......nadaa....... zip .......free ......nothing.....no charge ....yes free......the old saying .....putting in my 2 cents ........(who are they ?)...... as they say .....well i looked it up ......and here it is ........ where it came from .......
"My two cents" ("my 2¢") and its longer version "put my two cents in" is an American and Australian idiomatic expression,[1] taken from the original English idiom "to put in my two-penny worth" or "put my tuppence in".
The earliest reference to an analogue of "two cents/pence" appears in the lesson of the widow's mite from both the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Luke. In the biblical episode, several wealthy temple patrons donate large sums of money, while a poor widow places just two small coins into the offering. She finds greater favour with Jesus than the wealthy patrons however, as the two coins constitute her whole wealth, as opposed to a tiny fraction from the rich merchants of theirs.
A possible origin may be from boxing in Nottingham during the 1900s. Jack Jetlamey, a well-known gambler despite the little money he had, was always willing to bet on Jack Johnson, a new hopeful boxer. Jetlamey was known to say "two, two, two my two cents in for Johnson", making the whole audience laugh at every match.[2]
Other likely origins are that "my two pennies' worth" is derived from the much older 16th-century English expression, "a penny for your thoughts", possibly a sarcastic response to receiving more opinion than was wanted "I said a penny for your thoughts, but I got two pennies' worth". There is also some belief that the idiom may have its origins in the early cost of postage in England, the "twopenny post", where two pennies was the normal charge of sending a letter containing one's words and thoughts or feelings to someone.[3][4]
anyways ....as i have said .....if you have anything you would love to post/blog or post pics confessions .....interesting .....as long as it is legal ......i will cut it and paste it .........you can remain anonymous ......if you choose to do so .........the choice is yours .......
please feel free......send your grumbles /rants/raves/posting/thoughts/pics/feeling/info or whatever ..........you think might be of use or not !!!! .........to .....internationalhippie@gmail.com. i will cut it and paste it exactly .......as you have sent it ........
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