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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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Burn him, see if his ashes turn green.
What does the following sentence mean?
Burn him, see if his ashes turn green.
Burn him, see if his ashes turn green.
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Jackson6612 What does the following sentence mean? Burn him see [;] if his ashes turn green. Without context, it must be taken at face value, which is pretty grim.
- Jackson6612 What does the following sentence mean?
- Burn him see [;] if his ashes turn green.
- Without context, it must be taken at face value, which is pretty grim.
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Jackson6612What does the following sentence mean?Without context, it must be taken at face value, which is pretty grim.
Burn him see [;] if his ashes turn green.
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Perhaps:
Burn him (sign of hate)
see if his ashes turn green (see if that that talk about him being bad [green, sign of being bad] or perhaps a wizard [ashes changing color show something strange about him] are true).
Burn him (sign of hate)
see if his ashes turn green (see if that that talk about him being bad [green, sign of being bad] or perhaps a wizard [ashes changing color show something strange about him] are true).
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Heh, comes pretty late, but... You're talking about Gangs of New York, right? It's simply a play on Irish love for booze, see if he's so full of alcohol that his ashes would turn green, not gray.
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No, it's because GREEN is the color of Old Oyreland, bejabbers! 
Faith, Oi'm wid th' haythen!
Faith, Oi'm wid th' haythen!
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