| To: vocalist Subject: Re: Nosebleed seats! Date sent: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 11:19:00 PST Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
>From: Sopran-at-aol.com >Everyone else's explanation is so genteel! > >I was under the impression that this term originated in the sports world. >Those in the cheaper seats, which are also higher up, are more likely be >rowdy, get into a fistfight, and end up with a nosebleed. > >The fact that I have 6 brothers might explain something... > >Judy ;-)
Funny, I've never heard the 700 level at Veterans Stadium called the "nosebleed seats." (Fellow Fluffyans will know what I mean.)
The $5 amphitheater rush seats at the Philadelphia Orchestra are usually termed "the peanut gallery."
Elizabeth Finkler mightymezzo-at-hotmail.com
Consider the singular wisdom learned from animated sages like Bugs Bunny. The irrepressible, Oscar-winning rabbit and his cartoon cohorts have taught millions of American children precisely the sort of powerful, subversive truths from which adults try to shield them: that smart-alecks have more fun; that mocking authority is often the right thing to do; that tortoises beat hares (especially when tortoises cheat); that the world is often a cruel and desperate place that would just as soon drop an anvil on your head as give you a hand up; and, most important of all, that a sense of humor and resilience is the only way to make it through the years to come. ---Nick Gillespie
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