2019 - Day 276/89 - Thursday...Chapter and Verse...

I could provide you with a veritable plethora of accident images for this journal entry, but this one is the most interesting in my opinion. There were no less than four wrecks encountered on my way in to Austin this morning, and a couple more on the drive home. I was stopped at a traffic signal for this image. First there was an ambulance passing by on my left, but I was not thinking quickly enough to get the phone camera readied for the documentation. BUT...being an experienced commuter, I know that where there is an ambulance, there will most likely be a cop car or a fire truck, so I was laying in wait for them. It is kind of like, when you are on one of our roads out here close to the Edge of Nowhere, and a deer runs across the road, you need to exercise caution, because more likely than not, there will be another deer or two following close behind. This is just crap you learn (but frequently cannot remember) when you achieve the advanced age that I have.

HI MELINDA! So happy to get to spend some time with you this morning!

Chapter and Verse -- Noun. 1. the exact reference or source of information or justification for an assertion. 2. full precise information or detail.

Edward had lived in the town all his life and could give you chapter and verse on the histories of its buildings and landmarks.

Did You Know? To the biblically inclined, citing the exact chapter and verse of a biblical quote adds substance to the quote (and allows others to look it up for themselves). Such a precise reference inspired English speakers in the 18th century to use the phrase chapter and verse to refer to a source of information or authority even when there was no actual chapter and verse involved. Sometimes this "chapter and verse" involved slightly lengthy justifications ("She cited chapter and verse to prove her point"), so after a while people started thinking of any kind of detailed recitation as "chapter and verse" ("He could give chapter and verse of all the office goings-on"). The phrase can also be used adverbially ("Jane recited chapter and verse all her complaints").