http://fugato.net/2005/04/06/no-strings-attached/ Gunnlaugur Þór Briem Sun, 30 May 2010 18:46:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://fugato.net/2005/04/06/no-strings-attached/comment-page-1/#comment-366 stina Sun, 10 Apr 2005 12:01:15 +0000 http://fugato.net/2005/04/06/no-strings-attached/#comment-366 The phrase "pulling out all the stops" means to go for it with all you have. But the phrase itself comes from organ playing. On a pipe organ, you have all these knobs that you pull to open up the pipes and let wind blow through them. When you "pull out all the stops," all the pipes on the organ are open and you get blown away by this huge sound. Now you know. The phrase “pulling out all the stops” means to go for it with all you have. But the phrase itself comes from organ playing. On a pipe organ, you have all these knobs that you pull to open up the pipes and let wind blow through them. When you “pull out all the stops,” all the pipes on the organ are open and you get blown away by this huge sound. Now you know.

]]> http://fugato.net/2005/04/06/no-strings-attached/comment-page-1/#comment-360 GÞB Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:29:24 +0000 http://fugato.net/2005/04/06/no-strings-attached/#comment-360 Heh ... sounds organic :) Heh … sounds organic :)

]]> http://fugato.net/2005/04/06/no-strings-attached/comment-page-1/#comment-357 stina Fri, 08 Apr 2005 22:12:09 +0000 http://fugato.net/2005/04/06/no-strings-attached/#comment-357 Now try "pulling out all the stops." Now try “pulling out all the stops.”

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