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whats this pot kettle stuff?

From when all pots and kettles were pretty much all made of cast iron. This, of course, meant that they were all black in color.

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
From when all pots and kettles were pretty much all made of cast iron. This, of course, meant that they were all black in color.

ZV
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Accusing someone of faults that one has oneself, as in Tom's criticizing Dexter for dubious line calls is a case of the pot calling the kettle black, since Tom's about the worst line judge I've ever seen. This expression dates from the days of open-hearth cooking, which blackens practically all the utensils used. [Early 1600s]
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You learn something new every day. I thought it was because of cast iron too.
 
Originally posted by: Rudee
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
The pot calling the kettle black. Means you are saying something about or to someone that is true about you.
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pot calling the kettle black, the

Accusing someone of faults that one has oneself
 
Weird. I was replying and you were supercharged. Now you are shawn. How many names are you going through???
 
Learn something new every day, I guess... I always thought it was just an admonishment for making incendiary comments.
 
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/18/messages/495.html

POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK - The "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris has more detail about this phrase than other reference books: "There are two slightly varying interpretations of this phrase, which is used figuratively to apply to persons. One theory is that such action is ridiculous because they are both black, presumably from standing for years on a wood-burning stove or in a fireplace. (Note from ESC: iron pots and kettles are already black when new.) So the pot as well as the kettle is black (evil) and neither one is better than the other. This supports the explanation of the phrase as given in 'Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable': 'Said of one accusing another of faults similar to those committed by himself.' The other theory is that the pot was black but the kettle polished copper and the pot, seeing its own blackness reflected in the shiny surface of the kettle, maintained that the kettle, not it, was actually black. In any event, it seems that the best, if slangy, retort by the kettle may have been: 'Look who's talking!' Usually the source of the phrase is given as Cervantes' 'Don Quixote' and simply as 'The pot calls the kettle black,' but another version of Don Quixote comes out as: 'Said the pot to the kettle, get away black-face!' Henry Fielding, eighteenth century writer, reverses the roles in 'Covent Garden Tragedy': 'Dares thus the kettle to rebuke our sin!/Dares thus the kettle say the pot is black!' Even Shakespeare used the idea in 'Troilus and Cressida': 'The raven chides blackness.'"
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Originally posted by: her209
People who live in glass house shouldn't throw stones.
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The corrupted version is "Those who live in GRASS houses shouldn't stow thrones." It derives from an old "graoner" about a king on a tropical island who lived in a grand two-story house built of grass and other local vegetation. On the anniversary of his accession, his loyal subjects gave him a splendid new throne. The king, however, being the sentimental sort, couldn't bear to part with the throne he'd sat on for so many years. He had his servants stow it on the second floor. Not long after, as the king was sitting on his new, splendid throne, a violent storm arose, and the old throne came crashing down, killing the king. Thus the saying "THOSE WHO LIVE IN GRASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T STOW THRONES."
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Originally posted by: FoBoT
Originally posted by: her209
People who live in glass house shouldn't throw stones.
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http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/571.html
The corrupted version is "Those who live in GRASS houses shouldn't stow thrones." It derives from an old "graoner" about a king on a tropical island who lived in a grand two-story house built of grass and other local vegetation. On the anniversary of his accession, his loyal subjects gave him a splendid new throne. The king, however, being the sentimental sort, couldn't bear to part with the throne he'd sat on for so many years. He had his servants stow it on the second floor. Not long after, as the king was sitting on his new, splendid throne, a violent storm arose, and the old throne came crashing down, killing the king. Thus the saying "THOSE WHO LIVE IN GRASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T STOW THRONES."
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That's a terrible joke and obviously fake. 7/10
 
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