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Old 11-10-2017, 04:54 PM
Jimjam Jimjam is offline
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An entertaining picture, but the original basis of the expression actually derives from the fact that the kettle was polished silver, compared to the dirty darkness of a typical cooking pot;

i.e. When the pot sees the kettle as black, it is actually gazing upon it's own dirty reflection in the kettle's gleam!