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[swan_tower]

Yes, I'm copy-editing on Christmas Eve. (Don't have much choice.) But at least I'm getting some entertainment out of it: discovering, for example, that I described someone's manner as "both sheepless and helpless."

Sheepish. Not sheepless. Though it's true he has no sheep, it's not really relevant to this scene.

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[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

And for some reason, the first thing that popped into my head was "Sheepless in Seattle."

I don't know, I just live in this brain.

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Just remember, caffeine is no substitute for sheep.

[shui-long.livejournal.com]

So the sheepless character in question won't be able to assert the [alleged] ancient privilege of a Freeman of the City of London...

Freedom of the City (http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Local_history_and_heritage/Freedom_of_City/priveleges.htm)

Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year

[(Anonymous)]

Hopefully, this isn't a werewolf character, or being either sheepless or helpless might be a serious problem...

[malsperanza.livejournal.com]

Sure--sheepless is the opposite of sheepish; synonyms are disdaunt, cockcertain, and ept.

[cloudshaper2k.livejournal.com]

A sheep was a critical accessory to the Victorian man's ensemble. Why to be in London and sheepless was a social faux pas of the highest order! One could ruin business and marriage prospects were one's lack of sheep discovered. A sheep tagging along at a man's heels told everyone "I'm important! I'm a man of wealth, prosperity, and deviant sexual tendencies that would shock proper society and make me the subject of Regency romances in another century."

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Heh -- I hadn't even made that connection. :-)

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Hee!

Now I'm thinking of the bit with the pig in Casanova.