Free Association Thread 5

[Tio_Narratore]

One of the miracles of Google is how we now have the ability to easily research things like "Roll me over in the clover" and "Right as rain" to see where such sayings originated. Some of the results are quite interesting too, such as:

http://gizmodo.com/blowing-smoke-up-your-ass-used-to-be-literal-1578620709

I would have never imagined it being based on medical procedures.

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While doing other research I came across a lengthy bit of rhyme from the Royal Lifesaving Society published in the Georgia Gazette in the late 18th Century which gave directions for reviving drowning victims by applying the bellows to the nostrils. It was rather detailed, including instructions on using one's own breath if bellows weren't available, and could have served as more modern instructions for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

 

[Handley_Page]

While doing other research I came across a lengthy bit of rhyme from the Royal Lifesaving Society published in the Georgia Gazette in the late 18th Century which gave directions for reviving drowning victims by applying the bellows to the nostrils. It was rather detailed, including instructions on using one's own breath if bellows weren't available, and could have served as more modern instructions for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

I guess that's better than having smoke blow up your arse.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I guess that's better than having smoke blow up your arse.

Some like anal, some like oral; who are we to judge?

 

[SamScribble]

Some like anal, some like oral; who are we to judge?

Just as long s they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

 

[JKendallDane]

Just as long s they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

Those horseless carriage contraptions are just playthings for the rich. They'll never catch on with the masses.

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[Handley_Page]

Those horseless carriage contraptions are just playthings for the rich. They'll never catch on with the masses.

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There's been some talk lately about them using this new-fangled "Electrikery" to
make the wheels go round. I'm sure that the Bishop will have some enlightenment on the subject soon enough.

Willl ye tak' a Brosely wi' me ?

 

[MagicaPractica]

There's been some talk lately about them using this new-fangled "Electrikery" to
make the wheels go round. I'm sure that the Bishop will have some enlightenment on the subject soon enough.

Willl ye tak' a Brosely wi' me ?

Yes, and we'll all be answering that new contraption, "Ahoy!"

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Yes, and we'll all be answering that new contraption, "Ahoy!"

Amphicar

 

[MagicaPractica]

Amphicar

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip,
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this tiny ship

 

[Mister_Song]

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip,
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this tiny ship

I half expected Mary Anne or Ginger to show up on Lost at some point, because I figured Lost and Gilligan's Island all took place on the same locale.

 

[Handley_Page]

Amphicar

Fortunately, that vehicle never really caught on over here. It might have done, IF
the canal builders had included a sloping landing stage at frequent intervals.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I half expected Mary Anne or Ginger to show up on Lost at some point, because I figured Lost and Gilligan's Island all took place on the same locale.

Stairway to Gilligan's Island

 

[JKendallDane]

Stairway to Gilligan's Island

If Sherwood Schwartz was still alive today, I could see him doing one more sequel where Gilligan wins all of Thurston Howell's money in a poker game, convinces Ginger to marry him, and runs for President.

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[MagicaPractica]

If Sherwood Schwartz was still alive today, I could see him doing one more sequel where Gilligan wins all of Thurston Howell's money in a poker game, convinces Ginger to marry him, and runs for President.

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May the Schwartz be with you!

 

[SamScribble]

May the Schwartz be with you!

I see a red door
And I want to paint it black

 

[MagicaPractica]

I see a red door
And I want to paint it black

I want my red stapler.

 

[JKendallDane]

I want my red stapler.

Did you check to see if it's Behind the Green Door?

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[SamScribble]

Did you check to see if it's Behind the Green Door?

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There's an old piano and they play it hot
Behind the green door;
Don't know what they're doing but they laugh a lot
Behind the green door.
Wish they'd let me in so I could find out what's
Behind the green door.

 

[Handley_Page]

There's an old piano and they play it hot
Behind the green door;
Don't know what they're doing but they laugh a lot
Behind the green door.
Wish they'd let me in so I could find out what's
Behind the green door.

This one ?

 

[JKendallDane]

This one ?

Was he the European version of Elvis?

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[SamScribble]

Was he the European version of Elvis?

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I wouldn't go that far. But he did play Elvis in the West End stage show of the same name.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I wouldn't go that far. But he did play Elvis in the West End stage show of the same name.

Elvis lives! My cousin said she saw him in Vegas!

 

[SamScribble]

Elvis lives! My cousin said she saw him in Vegas!

'There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
Just like you swore to me that you'd be true'

- Kirsty MacColl

 

[Handley_Page]

'There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
Just like you swore to me that you'd be true'

- Kirsty MacColl

"But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you"

 

[JKendallDane]

"But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you"

Tell me no secrets and I'll tell you no lies.

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