Davy Jones@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat's the weirdest hobby you've heard of?message-squaremessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down15
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the weirdest hobby you've heard of?Davy Jones@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square175fedilink
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoOh boy, this is actually the perfect example. In The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, the titular character speaks at length of the peculiar hobbies and obsessions people have, which he calls “hobby horses”. He even coins the term “hobby-horsical” to describe the concept.
Oh boy, this is actually the perfect example.
In The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, the titular character speaks at length of the peculiar hobbies and obsessions people have, which he calls “hobby horses”. He even coins the term “hobby-horsical” to describe the concept.