Gaslight (was SB Sanity & Gas Marks)

Trina lj2d30 at gateway.net
Wed Mar 7 00:12:04 UTC 2001


> Simon: "There I am reading the messages and I notice that a lot 
have SB's sanity in the subject line. I started to get worried that 
people where trying to call me sane, but relaxed when I opened one 
and realised that they in fact were talking about Sirius.
I can go and rest in peace knowing that I am in fact insane (not in
Seine)."

Trina: "Oh, Simon, we were just trying to gaslight you and you caught 
us.<Sigh>  There goes the fun."

Simon: Gaslight me? You where trying to set me on fire?

_Gaslight_ is an old movie with Cary Grant (I think) & Ingrid Bergman 
(I'm sure of her) in which Hubby Grant is trying to make Wifey 
Bergman think she is losing her mind for some diabolical reason or 
another.  I haven't actually seen the whole thing, so details will 
have to come from another, more reliable, source.  So to "gaslight" 
someone means to make him/her think that sanity is slowly slipping 
away.

I would never want to set you on fire, Simon.  Too many fanfics would 
be deeply affected if they lost such an integral character.

Trina (hoping this goes thru this time!)






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