Post #46,241
7/20/02 8:18:56 PM
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"Only two things come out of Oklahoma..."
Ever seen [link|http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0084434|An Officer and a Gentleman]?
(Ah, Louis Gossett Jr -- nobody does the "mean drill sergeant" stereotype as well as he. Except perhaps Clint Eastwood, of course. :-)
Christian R. Conrad
Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971|Andrew Grygus]
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Post #46,245
7/20/02 8:56:35 PM
7/20/02 8:57:49 PM
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thats stump broke steers to you suomi boy :)
woulda bin funnier if i could have spelled it right the first time:)
thanx,
bill
."Once, in the wilds of Afghanistan, I had to subsist on food and water for several weeks." W.C. Fields
Edited by boxley
July 20, 2002, 08:57:49 PM EDT
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Post #46,268
7/21/02 4:54:38 AM
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Re: Y'all fergittin Will Rogers y'all
Greatest national treasure of the 1st half of 20th century.
Wasn't it Will Rogers who inspired a saying 'Okie from Fenokie' ??? (Spelling).
( I need help on this one y'all - who has got a good memory - Do 'Okies' originate from Oklahoma - a la Will Rogers - 'ahhm jest an Okie from Fenokie' ???)
Cheers
Doug Marker
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Post #46,273
7/21/02 7:25:16 AM
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Okefenokee Swamp, GA, USA
[link|http://www.iatse479.com/okefenokee.htm|Here.]
I thought that the song was from later than Will's time, and a play on above National Park name - but that's just a guess. (click on 'map' link at bottom of above page, to see it in SE corner of Georgia)
But indeed 'Okies' *are from Oklahoma (making above re Okie from Fenokee a real mongrel). Hell. maybe there IS a 'Fenokee' in Oklahoma (!)
* were.. during the dustbowl, the ones who Could -- left. Lots arrived in CA (though unConstitutionally kept out at the CA border.. for a time) We have a long history of selective deafness to our Own Rulez.
Ashton
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Post #46,282
7/21/02 10:58:43 AM
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The song is "Okie from Muskogee" - isn't it?
Merle Haggard.
[link|http://www.execpc.com/~suden/okie_muskogee.html|Here].
I don't know where he got the inspiration. Maybe from R&H's "Oklahoma!" and such.
At least that's the song that rings a bell with me. :-)
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #46,330
7/22/02 3:19:30 AM
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And neither of em is Longhorns
Longhorns come out of Texas.
The average hunter gatherer works 20 hours a week.
The average farmer works 40 hours a week.
The average programmer works 60 hours a week.
What the hell are we thinking?
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Post #46,339
7/22/02 7:03:56 AM
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Well Texas certainly is known for its...
bull.
Cheers,
Ben
"... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything."
--Richard Feynman
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Post #46,355
7/22/02 9:23:40 AM
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You must never have seen Full Metal Jacket
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Post #46,389
7/22/02 12:56:49 PM
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Sure have - just plain forgot! Sor-reee...
Mattrafact, now that I looked up [link|http://us.imdb.com/Title?0093058|FMJ on the IMDB], I can only wonder: "Who the fuck is [link|http://us.imdb.com/Name?Ermey,+R.+Lee|R. Lee Ermey]?"
I was sure that, too, was Lou Gossett.
Oh well, it *has* been a while... Forteen years, it seems.
Christian R. Conrad
Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971|Andrew Grygus]
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Post #46,393
7/22/02 1:20:58 PM
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Damn time sink you threw at me
Add [link|http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0093058|this] to the LRPD file.
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