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“And do look at these, Richard! he burbled, as always delighted out of a slough of despond by some new device.”
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Creative Phone-Answering
Inspired by the conversation at den of iniquity.
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Down in the dumps, feeling blue? Here, then, is a list for you...
feeling blue, down in the dumps, blue devils, mulligrubs, mubblefubbles, melancholy, lugubrious, gloomy gus, eeyore, doleful, woeful, woebegone and 86 more...
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In difficulty
Gordian knot, foot-in-mouth dis..., nadir, slough of despond, pity party of one, pinwheel escapement, failure pile in a...
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Depression
slough of despond, pity party of one, corrosive, lugubrious, failure pile in a..., woofits, woebegone
yarb "...those of his friends who have the power should exert themselves to raise him out of this fearful slough of despond."
George Gissing, New Grub Street. Jan 29, 2008
reesetee I like it! We really should go there. And stay far, far away from one another afterwards. Oct 14, 2007
skipvia Ooh! Ooh! I have one. "Hill of beans."
All the good ones were taken... Oct 14, 2007
reesetee Uh oh. Oroboros is coming along. We're in for some major celebratin'. ;-) Oct 4, 2007
oroboros Naw, let's stop at the Passion Pit fer popcorn and a moompitcha! Oct 4, 2007
reesetee Fine. Sounds like a plan. *packing mud boots* Oct 4, 2007
chained_bear I'll bring the cooler, as long as we stop at the Pit of Despair too. Oct 4, 2007
reesetee *Checking map* Um-hmm. I think we can manage this.
Who's bringing the cooler? Oct 4, 2007
trivet I call shotgun! Oct 4, 2007
sionnach Road Trip! I want to visit the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Which I imagine as being located near the Lagoon of Lowered Expectations. Oct 4, 2007
reesetee I'll book the trip today. :-) Maybe we can stop at the Den of Iniquity along the way. Oct 4, 2007
chained_bear Oh my god. It's a real place?! Reesetee, we have to go!! Oct 4, 2007
reesetee Oh yes, it's The Pilgrim's Progress. But it still sounds hilarious to me. :-)
The Slough of Despond that sarra points out, for everyone's edification, hosts a "Slough of Despond 50 Km Road Race." That oughta get people out of the doldrums. ;-) And really, it does look as though it has perked up a bit. Oct 4, 2007
sarra I've always taken “slough of despond” to be a humorous phrase or perhaps an intentional malapropism for some more respectable phrase I wasn't familiar with; I'm surprised to find it's from the Pilgrim's Progress!
There is (quite apart from the actual famously despondent Slough) a real Slough of Despond, near Wiarton in Ontario, Canada. This could be it. Oct 4, 2007
reesetee Dunno, SoG. There's probably one in Pennsylvania somewhere. ;-) Oct 3, 2007
sonofgroucho That's in the middle of England somewhere, isn't it? Oct 3, 2007
chained_bear Sometimes I answer the phone like this. Oct 3, 2007