mettre le feu à soleil [sic?] -> words hang heavy
I realise that my previous display name more likely than not contained a serious grammatical error ('au soleil' instead of 'à soleil', am I right?), probably because used Google Translate/I wasn't aware of the relevant French grammatical rule when I first set it. After that I probably told myself it was an exception to the rule. I don't dare give myself the benefit of the doubt regarding that. It's funny that my French-taking/French-speaking contacts never called me out on it.
And yeah, I think it's time to retire that old joke. I know it's really pretty and all, but to tell the truth, THIS is where it really came from:
"You see, Perry the Platypus, this secret hideout doesn't actually belong to me. It belonged to my mentor, Professor Destructocon, Kevin, to his friends. Sadly, he was just captured in the midst of his latest plan to SET FIRE TO THE SUN! Redundant, perhaps.
But before they locked him away, Kevin asked a favor of me: To prevent them from discovering his hidden lair and all its secrets, would I please SET FIRE TO THE SUN! I was like, dude, you really got to let that one go, it's a ball of fire! It makes no sense."