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I came across the most futile suicide I have heard of: Andrew Muirhead, who committed suicide in 1939 because he feared a leg-wound would preclude him seeing active service in the second world war. He killed himself because he was worried he might not be able to fight?
I came across the most futile suicide I have heard of: Andrew Muirhead, who committed suicide in 1939 because he feared a leg-wound would preclude him seeing active service in the second world war. He killed himself because he was worried he might not be able to fight?
My wife had a nightmare about a paternoster lift. These are lifts which are open (no doors) and move continually: you simply step in as it goes by your floor, and step out as it reaches the floor you want.
There used to be one in the biochemistry department when I was a student. (I didn't do biochemistry, but they did good sandwiches in the canteen, so we'd go up there sometimes, play on the lift, enjoy the view, and eat lunch.)
As my wife was taliking about her dream, I was wondering why they were called "paternoster" lifts.
So of course I looked it up on wikipedia. And of course wikipedia was able to tell me!
Apparently it is because people find these lifts quite intimidating and scary - nightmarish, even. So people used to say prayers before getting into the lift. And Pater noster are the first two words of "the Lord's Prayer" in Latin...
There used to be one in the biochemistry department when I was a student. (I didn't do biochemistry, but they did good sandwiches in the canteen, so we'd go up there sometimes, play on the lift, enjoy the view, and eat lunch.)
As my wife was taliking about her dream, I was wondering why they were called "paternoster" lifts.
So of course I looked it up on wikipedia. And of course wikipedia was able to tell me!
Apparently it is because people find these lifts quite intimidating and scary - nightmarish, even. So people used to say prayers before getting into the lift. And Pater noster are the first two words of "the Lord's Prayer" in Latin...
My wife had a nightmare about a paternoster lift. These are lifts which are open (no doors) and move continually: you simply step in as it goes by your floor, and step out as it reaches the floor you want.
There used to be one in the biochemistry department when I was a student. (I didn't do biochemistry, but they did good sandwiches in the canteen, so we'd go up there sometimes, play on the lift, enjoy the view, and eat lunch.)
As my wife was taliking about her dream, I was wondering why they were called "paternoster" lifts.
So of course I looked it up on wikipedia. And of course wikipedia was able to tell me!
Apparently it is because people find these lifts quite intimidating and scary - nightmarish, even. So people used to say prayers before getting into the lift. And Pater noster are the first two words of "the Lord's Prayer" in Latin...
There used to be one in the biochemistry department when I was a student. (I didn't do biochemistry, but they did good sandwiches in the canteen, so we'd go up there sometimes, play on the lift, enjoy the view, and eat lunch.)
As my wife was taliking about her dream, I was wondering why they were called "paternoster" lifts.
So of course I looked it up on wikipedia. And of course wikipedia was able to tell me!
Apparently it is because people find these lifts quite intimidating and scary - nightmarish, even. So people used to say prayers before getting into the lift. And Pater noster are the first two words of "the Lord's Prayer" in Latin...
