#that's the ticket

[bumblingbabooshka]

Odd and Recent Planets

[jlenscribblescribblescribble]

Ah, why the hell not.

[ceevee5]

[deliciousthoughts2023]

Forever suave. Whether he's wearing it or not 😍

[thewordwideweb]

That's the ticket!

If you’re of a certain age, or if you watched Jon Lovitz as the Pathological Liar on Saturday Night Live in the 1980’s, chances are you’re familiar with the expression “That’s the ticket!” You may have even used it yourself, perhaps to congratulate someone for coming up with the right answer to a question, or for a job well done. “That’s the ticket” is our Word (okay, Phrase) of the Day.

“That’s the ticket” means “that’s the way to do it,” “you are exactly correct,” “that’s just what we needed” and so on. But where did the phrase come from?

There’s a raging controversy between two likely origin stories, although it’s generally agreed that the phrase has been around since the early 1800’s. One popular theory, which I think is quite dubious, holds that “that’s the ticket” is an Anglicized corruption of the French, “C’est l’etiquette.” Etiquette in French can mean, among other things, “ticket” or “label.” So, "c’est l’etiquette” can mean both “that’s the ticket” and “that’s the proper way” to do something, the correct way to behave.

The other theory is that charities in the early nineteenth century would issue tickets to the underprivileged which could be redeemed for food, fuel or other necessaries. There is evidence of an old expression, “That’s the ticket for soup,” which makes this origin story more plausible to me. So you can take your pick, but if you –like me – prefer the “that’s the ticket for soup” origin, well everything will be tickety-boo!

[mapsontheweb]

Where you’re most likely to get a speeding ticket

[vamprisms]

don't like the idea that film projectionists are being phased out of the modern cinema. i like knowing there is some mysterious guy up in the projection room making my movies happen like quasimodo ringing the bells

[overlyspecificmcrmemes]

logging off of the internet cause i won’t be able to join in on the chaos of buying tickets this time

[serious-goose]

[ahyuggg]

Aventurine’s banner 🎲♠️

(good luck to all aventurine wanters!!🍀)

[sunshineandlyrics]

🎫 15 March 2023 X

🎫 Robert Smith from The Cure tweeted about ticket prices and Ticketmaster's extra fees. He also tweeted about the verified fan process. 14/15 March 2023 x

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[emmy-bue]

My favorite thing about Sweeney Todd is that Sweeney gets into the killing-and-baking people business because he’s a deeply broken man destroyed by an unjust and corrupt system that cost him his freedom and family and has been driven mad by revenge.

And Mrs Lovett does it because somthin wrong with her <3

[greenbeany]

Id recognise that bunch of pixels anywhere

[starridge]

living in new york while seeing all the nycc stuff has me WAILING so i doodled these to cope

[egophiliac]

(almost) four years in, and I finally had time to draw something for the anniversary! woo! 🎉🎉🎉

[allfor-thegames]

the year before neil and andrew are on the same team, neil's team plays in the city where katelyn and aaron live, and they go see neil's game (katelyn insists). they have amazing seats (neil insists). during warm ups, neil saunters over closest to where they're sitting and waves happily at katelyn (who gleefully waves back) before he flips off aaron, and then neil is gone. aaron's med school friends are like wtf.