>>>>>>>Interesting. Does a dead body have imagination?
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>>>>>>How would I know? I've never been dead.
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>>>>>Ok I'll ask one of my door knobs when I get home. :-)
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>>>>Now this is getting me worried... do you often get that urge to talk to things? :)
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>>>I beleive he is referring to the phrase "Dead as a door knob".
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>>Hmm... hate to jump on that, but I think it's 'Dead as a doornail' from Dicken's A Christmas Carol.
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>Really. I will tell my grandmother.

Actually, it turns out you're right. I'd never heard that term, but apparently it exists. To double check, I did a Google on 'Dead as a door'. Door nail seems to be far more prevalent, but doorknob is in there too. I have a sneaking suspicion that it's one of those things that started out one way, and by word of mouth, got morphed into something else. Dickens wrote 'Dead as a door nail', and I suspect that's where it started.

My apologies.

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>>>>Besides, your door knobs wouldn't know a thing. I'm European, we use door handles. You know, the ones you can open with your elbow if your hands are full.