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Old 06-04-2008, 11:02 AM   #211
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Whoa, Geoff. Does that translate roughly as "I'll go to the foot of them thar stairs before I'll go to the back of our (your?) house."??? And that would mean....?
Exclamations...

Similar to :

"my giddy aunt",
"Gordon H Bennett",
"bloody Nora",
"flippin' 'eck"
or for the sylabiotically challenged : "gosh..."
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Old 06-04-2008, 11:04 AM   #212
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"Gordon H Bennett" is an exclamation ?
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Old 06-04-2008, 11:09 AM   #213
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"Gordon H Bennett" is an exclamation ?
Yep

It's even googleable!

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/gordon-bennett.html
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Old 06-04-2008, 11:21 AM   #214
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It is commonly thought that this refers to James Gordon Bennett. JGB was a real person. In fact, with the expansiveness that is appropriate for this story, two real people.
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Old 06-04-2008, 11:27 AM   #215
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Exclamations...
Gosh. Okay, I buy that. But I'm utterly lost about the quote might ever have meant. Any ideas?
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Old 06-04-2008, 11:43 AM   #216
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Gosh. Okay, I buy that. But I'm utterly lost about the quote might ever have meant. Any ideas?


The expletive Gordon Bennett appears to be a minced oath. It is a version of Gor blimey, which is itself a euphemistic version of God blind me. That, combined with Bennett's famously outrageous lifestyle and newsworthy stunts, is sufficient to explain why his name was picked out.

But exactly why, that's an interesting question...or was it the 64 thousand dollar question...
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Old 06-04-2008, 08:11 PM   #217
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"Happy as a clam"

Although I am not too sure how happy the clams are in my chowder.
"Happy as a pig in mud" (and you can substitute "mud" for a Four-Letter-Word starting with "s" and ending with "t").

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Old 06-04-2008, 08:33 PM   #218
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Why would a pig wear a suit? And why does that make it happy?
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Old 06-04-2008, 08:49 PM   #219
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Why would a pig wear a suit?
Oy! Stop being difficult. You're starting to give me the suits.

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And why does that make it happy?
It's a pig...in a suit. What's not to like?

(Note, dressing up cats or dogs is a crime against my better nature. Photos of same - aside from any LOLcats - will incur my petulant wrath)

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Old 06-04-2008, 08:57 PM   #220
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Oy! Stop being difficult. You're starting to give me the suits.



It's a pig...in a suit. What's not to like?

(Note, dressing up cats or dogs is a crime against my better nature. Photos of same - aside from any LOLcats - will incur my petulant wrath)

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Old 06-04-2008, 09:03 PM   #221
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Now I am very happy.

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Old 06-04-2008, 09:37 PM   #222
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"Happy as a pig in mud" (and you can substitute "mud" for a Four-Letter-Word starting with "s" and ending with "t").

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The Southern expression is "Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine." Taylor, don't ask why a dead pig should be happy, in sunshine or shadow.
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Old 06-04-2008, 11:24 PM   #223
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The Southern expression is "Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine." Taylor, don't ask why a dead pig should be happy, in sunshine or shadow.
Trust me, a live one in the sunshine doesn't smell much better. Although both are better smelling than a dead skunk in the road.
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Old 06-05-2008, 09:21 AM   #224
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The Southern expression is "Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine." Taylor, don't ask why a dead pig should be happy, in sunshine or shadow.
Ok, I'll do the asking -

Why should a dead pig be happy?, in sunshine or shadow?
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Ok, I'll do the asking -

Why should a dead pig be happy?, in sunshine or shadow?
I don't know & I grew up here.
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