How Fit are Fiddles?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Until the real thing comes along, it seems that prozac passes for peace.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

I don’t mean to complain, but couldn’t you make it a little easier on poor people, working or not?
Couldn’t you make it a little easier on the mentally ill and the homeless?
A little easier on those afflicted with restricting religion?
On those who think bigger barns are the way to go?

Whose responsibility? Oh…
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Would you like fries with that?”

[He was a teenager, but never said this.]

D. Blog: Weird Phrase

FIT AS A FIDDLE -- "In fine shape; feeling good.”

Fiddles are admired for their sound and sometimes for their trim and symmetrical shape. Indeed, to say 'his face is made of a fiddle' was once a way of describing someone as charming.

Still, fiddles are not known for fitness, and one suspects the allure of alliteration in the origin and perpetuation of the saying, which is quite old. It appeared in 1616 in William Haughton's 'Englishmen for My Money': 'This is excellent, i' faith; as fit as a fiddle.' At that time 'fit' meant appropriate, proper or fitting; its meaning 'in good shape' evolved in the 19th century and transformed the meaning of 'fit as a fiddle.'" From "The Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985).