It Ain't Over Till The Fat Lady Sings

07/17 - Day 27 - 254

06/21 - Day 1 -263

Language is a funny thing. We have come up with many ways to express similar thoughts with different emphasis. The phrase, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings," is one of those phrases... a colloquialism, that I find to be quite irritating..

I know it is an answer for the question "when is it over?" But it is such a vague statement. Which fat lady? Any fat lady? The first fat lady? How fat is this lady? The biggest fat lady?

These days, I seem to be the fat lady in any given situation and if I take the literal meaning from this statement... it could be over when I sing. That certainly changes this old tired phrase into something new and a little exciting. I am liking the idea that I have power!

There is no qualifier to say that I have to sing well, just sing. Period. I can do that.
I can determined the length of an event just by belting out a song of my choosing.

So, taken literally, I can end any event just by singing. Keep in mind, if I am attending your event, it better be good or I might tilt my head back and let loose a tune to end all tunes and by definition, end your event.

Okie dokie.

While thinking about this idea, you might like to know that the original "Fat Lady" was the character Brunhilde from Wagner's Ring Opera. She sings for 20 minutes in the last scene. See the links below for more detailed explanations and origins of this phrase.

















http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/it-aint-over-until-the-fat-lady-sings.html
http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-7176,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain't_over_till_the_fat_lady_sings
http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/t17.html