2007-03-03 08:56:16 · 5 answers · asked by Ming the Merciless 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
From the latin insanus, the last bit being anus..??
Is it because when I was a kid I used to try to crack walnuts at my grandads and bits of walnut shrapnell would wing him in the eye causing him to miss Dickie Davis and the football pools results. This would indeed drive him mental.. and result in an *** whupping of epidemic proportions via his big shovel like hands (he was a big man my grandad)...
2007-03-04 03:43:59 · answer #1 · answered by spy1ke 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could come from the Latin word insanus. The end of the word being nus, the t could have just been added at some point. Only a guess though!
2007-03-03 17:34:43 · answer #2 · answered by The BudMiester 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person's insane, they are considered
nuts. However, if they've gone bonkers,
then they are only temporarily insane.
Unless, they are missing some banana's.
In which case, they are now a few clowns
short of a circus.
I hope this clears things up for you.
2007-03-03 17:33:18 · answer #3 · answered by kyle.keyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question.....maybe are you nuts, simply means do you have nuts in your head instead of brains?
2007-03-03 17:06:16 · answer #4 · answered by darlin12009 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could you explain that please as I seem to have lost the thread although it could be that I'm all screwed up.
2007-03-03 17:09:33 · answer #5 · answered by DEREK M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋