should have stood in bed, I



should have stood in bed, I

I've had such a bad day that I should never have gotten up at all. For example, And then I got rear-ended at the stop sign-I should have stood in bed. This ungrammatical colloquial phrase-properly put as stayed in bed-is ascribed to fight manager Joe Jacobs, who in 1935 saw his first baseball game, the opening game of the World Series between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs. It was a very cold day, and when asked what he thought of baseball, Jacobs replied, "I should have stood in bed."
See also: have, should, stood

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ariadneah-ree-ahd-ne (Ancient Greek), ar-ee-AD-nee (English)Greek Mythology
Declan-Irish
KrystleKRIS-təlEnglish (Modern)
MichaŁMEE-khahwPolish
Farrar['færə]
Gemaryahu-Biblical Hebrew