Comments on: Nuts and bolts http://smeddum.net/blog/nuts-and-bolts/ Homeopathy, health and related subjects Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:06:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wendy http://smeddum.net/blog/nuts-and-bolts/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Wendy Sat, 31 May 2008 21:45:30 +0000 http://smeddum.net/blog/?p=330#comment-47 It's a title that has an edge of double entendre to it. It relies on a knowledge of idiomatic English, so may be less obvious if English isn't your first language. To get down to the 'nuts and bolts' of something is to get down to the basic essential components which hold something together. When applied to thought, this indicates the formative logical constructs behind an argument or proposition, so I'm referencing the thinking underlying the DCFS's policy. 'Nuts' is a colloguial expression for people who are judged insane. 'Bolts' are what keep doors locked shut, and in this context references the extent to which this society of ours is becoming increasingly restrictive of individual rights and freedoms. Hope that answers your question. It’s a title that has an edge of double entendre to it. It relies on a knowledge of idiomatic English, so may be less obvious if English isn’t your first language. To get down to the ‘nuts and bolts’ of something is to get down to the basic essential components which hold something together. When applied to thought, this indicates the formative logical constructs behind an argument or proposition, so I’m referencing the thinking underlying the DCFS’s policy.

‘Nuts’ is a colloguial expression for people who are judged insane. ‘Bolts’ are what keep doors locked shut, and in this context references the extent to which this society of ours is becoming increasingly restrictive of individual rights and freedoms.

Hope that answers your question.

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