The Trouble with Trifles...

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"It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles."
     -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; The Man with the Twisted Lip

Comments

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

That looks so good. How did trifle come to mean unimportant? Does it come from the same root word as the dessert? How could anyone think that something that delicious looking was less than critical??

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Well, they do have a decided lack of chocolate...