Phrases that puzzle you so...

[Finnsaremorefun]

All of Regabilly Hill

[krusin1]

All of Regabilly Hill

Yup.

[chippewa]

All of Regabilly Hill

from the songwriter himself....

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/viewto ... t=#2376407

[krusin1]

All of Regabilly Hill

from the songwriter himself....

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/viewto ... t=#2376407

Ahhhh........

(I think... )

[Tequila Revenge]

Barometer's my soup.

Love the song but never got this .

It's from Mark Twain... "A Tramp Abroad."

(Jimmy throws literary allusions into a LOT of his stuff. The man is seriously well read. )

Here's the quote:

"I knew, by my scientific reading, that either thermometers or barometers ought to be boiled, to make them accurate; I did not know which it was, so I boiled both. There was still no result, so I examined these instruments and discovered that they possessed radical blemishes: the barometer had no hand but the brass pointer, and the ball of the thermometer was stuffed with tin foil. I might have boiled those things to rags and never found out anything.

Frémont, July 1842--repair of his barometer.
This I boiled and stretched on a piece of wood to the requisite diameter, and scraped it very thin, in order to increase its transparency. I then secured it firmly on the instrument with strong glue made from a buffalo and filled it with mercury properly heated.

I hunted up another barometer: it was new and perfect. I boiled it half an hour in a pot of bean soup which the cooks were making. The result was unexpected: the instrument was not affected at all, but there was such a strong barometer taste to the soup that the head cook, who was a most conscientious person, changed its name in the bill of fare. The dish was so greatly liked by all, that I ordered the cook to have barometer soup every day. It was believed that the barometer might eventually be injured, but I did not care for that."

Here's a link:

http://www.longcamp.com/twain.html

OK.... You MUST have an alias... are you AKA CONCHED!!!!

Don't mess with us

Uh, sorry no.

It's just little ol' me. 'Course, I live within rock-throwing distance of the Missouri river, and just a couple of hours from Mr. Twain's home town (Hannibal, MO.) Even got a poster of Twain quotes on my office wall. That guy was awesome - I can see why Jimmy borrows from him.


A few of my favorite Twainisms...


"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." (Jimmy's used this one a couple of times!)

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."

and...

"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand."

Just to make sure, I meant that as a compliment

No worries mon!

For BOTH of you

[Conolulu]

Can anyone explain this one to me???

When I was little, every time someone burped....my Grandmother always said....


"Excuse the pig, but she will grow"


Um....yeah.

????????????

[Tarheel Tail-Gator]

From the movie Cars, "you need to turn left to go right". I don't get it.

It's actually "turn right to go left"

It has to do with power sliding a car through a turn using opposite lock steering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposite_lock

Basically, you turn into a left handed corner steering left, break traction by mashing to accelerator quickly to the floor, then turn the wheel to the right and steer throught the corner by feathering the accelerator. Most dirt track cars do not use breaks going in the corner (or only briefly to "set the nose" entering the corner, but use this method instead.

Another great one from racing is to "slow down to go faster"
........which basically means to slow your speed entering a corner, resulting in a smoother line through the corner and quicker lap times.

[Salukulady]

OK...I'll chime in. How the hell do I Wang Chung...and why do I have to do it tonight?

I used to work with a guy named Chung..


you don't want to know those jokes..

My daughter went to high school with a boy who's last name was Dong. When he migrated from Vietnam to the U.S. he picked an American first name. His favorite movie was Dirty Harry. Yes, this is a true story....I have the yearbook to prove it.

[86masters]

Well, the picture is fuzzy,
And the details are sordid.
It was on the same day
God's Own Drunk was recorded.
A walkin' tall sheriff
And a big Cadillac
And me and my golf shoes
On the hood makin' tracks.
This daring young singer
Was under attack.

[citcat]

Can anyone explain this one to me???

When I was little, every time someone burped....my Grandmother always said....


"Excuse the pig, but she will grow"


Um....yeah.

????????????

*SPEW* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is hilarious. MY grandmother used to say (when anybody burped) :
"BEETLEBOMB" !

[Conolulu]

Can anyone explain this one to me???

When I was little, every time someone burped....my Grandmother always said....


"Excuse the pig, but she will grow"


Um....yeah.

????????????

*SPEW* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is hilarious. MY grandmother used to say (when anybody burped) :
"BEETLEBOMB" !

When my grandmother pooted...she'd say:

"I stooped and I laughed, and I felt a little draft!"

[Salukulady]

Can anyone explain this one to me???

When I was little, every time someone burped....my Grandmother always said....


"Excuse the pig, but she will grow"


Um....yeah.

????????????

*SPEW* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is hilarious. MY grandmother used to say (when anybody burped) :
"BEETLEBOMB" !

When my grandmother pooted...she'd say:

"I stooped and I laughed, and I felt a little draft!"

Whenever my grandma farted, she'd look at my grandpa and say, "Oh Al, stop that!"

[krusin1]

Well, the picture is fuzzy,
And the details are sordid.
It was on the same day
God's Own Drunk was recorded.
A walkin' tall sheriff
And a big Cadillac
And me and my golf shoes
On the hood makin' tracks.
This daring young singer
Was under attack.

I think the lyrics are actually based on a true story. Jimmy was recording God's Own Drunk and to get everybody in the mood, they were passing around a bottle. After the session, the group went out and get themselves in trouble.... including Jimmy himself walking on a Cadillac while wearing golf shoes and then having a little confrontation with the law.

There's prolly a thread about it somewhere on here... I'll look around a little...

[Conolulu]

Well, the picture is fuzzy,
And the details are sordid.
It was on the same day
God's Own Drunk was recorded.
A walkin' tall sheriff
And a big Cadillac
And me and my golf shoes
On the hood makin' tracks.
This daring young singer
Was under attack.

I think the lyrics are actually based on a true story. Jimmy was recording God's Own Drunk and to get everybody in the mood, they were passing around a bottle. After the session, the group went out and get themselves in trouble.... including Jimmy himself walking on a Cadillac while wearing golf shoes and then having a little confrontation with the law.

There's prolly a thread about it somewhere on here... I'll look around a little...

Here you go....

From phjim...

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/viewto ... 47&start=0


Just in case you don't know ...

Semi-True Stories

If you love the classic Buffett style of the early 70's then you will certainly enjoy this song. The song has a great blend of Fingers on harmonica, Doyle Grisham on pedal steel guitar, along with acoustic guitar and piano. Even though this song is about an incident that happened to Jimmy, the song was actually written by Mac McAnally.

The Semi-True story that this song refers to is about an incident that happen between Jimmy and Buford Pusser (the legendary sheriff whose unusual style of order is portrayed in the movie "Walking Tall"). On the day Jimmy recorded "God's own Drunk", he and drummer Sammy Creason went to a bar and wound up drinking a lot of tequila. After leaving the bar they could not find the car they came in, so Jimmy got up on the hood of a Cadillac to get a better view of the parking lot (stomping with his golf shoes on). The owner of the car, Buford Pusser, happened to be watching the whole thing. Jimmy and Creason saw him coming after them and they ran toward their car, got in it, but could not get away in time. Pusser wound up punching Creason and pulling out some of Jimmy's hair before they could get away. Later JB and Creason returned to the bar and found out that it was Sheriff Pusser that they got into a confrontation with.

[krusin1]

Well, the picture is fuzzy,
And the details are sordid.
It was on the same day
God's Own Drunk was recorded.
A walkin' tall sheriff
And a big Cadillac
And me and my golf shoes
On the hood makin' tracks.
This daring young singer
Was under attack.

I think the lyrics are actually based on a true story. Jimmy was recording God's Own Drunk and to get everybody in the mood, they were passing around a bottle. After the session, the group went out and get themselves in trouble.... including Jimmy himself walking on a Cadillac while wearing golf shoes and then having a little confrontation with the law.

There's prolly a thread about it somewhere on here... I'll look around a little...

Here you go....

From phjim...

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/viewto ... 47&start=0


Just in case you don't know ...

Semi-True Stories

If you love the classic Buffett style of the early 70's then you will certainly enjoy this song. The song has a great blend of Fingers on harmonica, Doyle Grisham on pedal steel guitar, along with acoustic guitar and piano. Even though this song is about an incident that happened to Jimmy, the song was actually written by Mac McAnally.

The Semi-True story that this song refers to is about an incident that happen between Jimmy and Buford Pusser (the legendary sheriff whose unusual style of order is portrayed in the movie "Walking Tall"). On the day Jimmy recorded "God's own Drunk", he and drummer Sammy Creason went to a bar and wound up drinking a lot of tequila. After leaving the bar they could not find the car they came in, so Jimmy got up on the hood of a Cadillac to get a better view of the parking lot (stomping with his golf shoes on). The owner of the car, Buford Pusser, happened to be watching the whole thing. Jimmy and Creason saw him coming after them and they ran toward their car, got in it, but could not get away in time. Pusser wound up punching Creason and pulling out some of Jimmy's hair before they could get away. Later JB and Creason returned to the bar and found out that it was Sheriff Pusser that they got into a confrontation with.

Ya beat me to it!

[Conolulu]

Well, the picture is fuzzy,
And the details are sordid.
It was on the same day
God's Own Drunk was recorded.
A walkin' tall sheriff
And a big Cadillac
And me and my golf shoes
On the hood makin' tracks.
This daring young singer
Was under attack.

I think the lyrics are actually based on a true story. Jimmy was recording God's Own Drunk and to get everybody in the mood, they were passing around a bottle. After the session, the group went out and get themselves in trouble.... including Jimmy himself walking on a Cadillac while wearing golf shoes and then having a little confrontation with the law.

There's prolly a thread about it somewhere on here... I'll look around a little...

Here you go....

From phjim...

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/viewto ... 47&start=0


Just in case you don't know ...

Semi-True Stories

If you love the classic Buffett style of the early 70's then you will certainly enjoy this song. The song has a great blend of Fingers on harmonica, Doyle Grisham on pedal steel guitar, along with acoustic guitar and piano. Even though this song is about an incident that happened to Jimmy, the song was actually written by Mac McAnally.

The Semi-True story that this song refers to is about an incident that happen between Jimmy and Buford Pusser (the legendary sheriff whose unusual style of order is portrayed in the movie "Walking Tall"). On the day Jimmy recorded "God's own Drunk", he and drummer Sammy Creason went to a bar and wound up drinking a lot of tequila. After leaving the bar they could not find the car they came in, so Jimmy got up on the hood of a Cadillac to get a better view of the parking lot (stomping with his golf shoes on). The owner of the car, Buford Pusser, happened to be watching the whole thing. Jimmy and Creason saw him coming after them and they ran toward their car, got in it, but could not get away in time. Pusser wound up punching Creason and pulling out some of Jimmy's hair before they could get away. Later JB and Creason returned to the bar and found out that it was Sheriff Pusser that they got into a confrontation with.

Ya beat me to it!

Just did a quick search on Buford Pusser...I remember seeing it not too long ago while searching for something else....and remember hearing the story years ago when seeing Jimmy....

[tgr8one]

And why do they "shake a cow now" on the Commodores "Brick House"??

I think you can only shake a cow now after you mamasaymamasahmoomockoosah.

And why does Michael Jackson say "Shamon" [Sha-MON!] in a bunch of his songs???

Eddie Murphy said it best. Micheal Jackson just makes up lyrics whenever he needs a word. I'll use it in a sentence.
"What's that over there?"
"Shamon, I'll show you."
Yeah, I got nuthin

[Hockey Mon]

From the movie Cars, "you need to turn left to go right". I don't get it.

It's actually "turn right to go left"

It has to do with power sliding a car through a turn using opposite lock steering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposite_lock

Basically, you turn into a left handed corner steering left, break traction by mashing to accelerator quickly to the floor, then turn the wheel to the right and steer throught the corner by feathering the accelerator. Most dirt track cars do not use breaks going in the corner (or only briefly to "set the nose" entering the corner, but use this method instead.

Another great one from racing is to "slow down to go faster"
........which basically means to slow your speed entering a corner, resulting in a smoother line through the corner and quicker lap times.

Ah, thank you. I was trying figure out how you get started going in the direction you need to go if you turn the stearing wheel the opposite way. Your explanation and the wiki site makes sense. Thanks! Now I'm already to try that out in the mini van.

[krusin1]

From the movie Cars, "you need to turn left to go right". I don't get it.

It's actually "turn right to go left"

It has to do with power sliding a car through a turn using opposite lock steering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposite_lock

Basically, you turn into a left handed corner steering left, break traction by mashing to accelerator quickly to the floor, then turn the wheel to the right and steer throught the corner by feathering the accelerator. Most dirt track cars do not use breaks going in the corner (or only briefly to "set the nose" entering the corner, but use this method instead.

Another great one from racing is to "slow down to go faster"
........which basically means to slow your speed entering a corner, resulting in a smoother line through the corner and quicker lap times.

Ah, thank you. I was trying figure out how you get started going in the direction you need to go if you turn the stearing wheel the opposite way. Your explanation and the wiki site makes sense. Thanks! Now I'm already to try that out in the mini van.

Uh you might oughta re-think the minivan experiment.... please! It only works that way in rear-drive cars (most minivans are front-drive.)

Turn the opposite way in a front-driver and mash the pedal and you're prolly going whatever way you turned. That's good... unless you were expecting something different.