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Subject:Re: Marvel at my stupidity From:John Ryan <jr -at- SEATTLELAB -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:55:04 -0700
Hi all
A Monk Swimming is actually the name of a book by Malachi McCourt (brother
of the author of Angela's Ashes)...said he got the title from mishearing
that line in Hail Mary, too.
The whole nine yards, as I remember it, comes from a story involving a
cement truck driver who, upon seeing a guy fooling around with his wife,
dumped his entire load of cement into the guy's car. All nine cubic yards
of it.
Dunno if it's true. It sets off my urban legend detector. Humorous, tho.
John
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From: PHILA -at- mail -dot- vips -dot- com <PHILA -at- mail -dot- vips -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu <TECHWR-L -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu>
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: Marvel at my stupidity
>I grew up hearing my father singing "Glory, glory hallelooooljah!" with
>great gusto in the Battle Hymn of the Republic...
>
>And then there was the classmate who was certain the line from the Hail
Mary
>was "Blessed are you, a monk swimmin."
>
>When my son loved the Pogues song, "The Gartloney Rats," I couldn't resist
>bowdlerizing it a bit..."They never got drunk but stayed sober" turned into
>"They never had lumps in their sofas." He still thinks that's the title of
>the song.
>
>Phila
>
>Philomena Hoopes
>Phila -at- vips -dot- com
>VIPS Healthcare Information Solutions
>(410) 832-8330 ext 845
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean DiSabito [mailto:jdisabito -at- PRIORITYCALL -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 4:37 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Marvel at my stupidity
>
> How about my best friend who always said absolupely instead
>of absolutely. AARGGGHHHH......
> Or
> When my son was little and said his prayers "Hello Mary -
>full of Grace"
>
> This thread is hilarious!
>
> Jean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzie Elliott [SMTP:suziee -at- MCCALLPATTERN -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:08 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Marvel at my stupidity
>
> >It was just last year that I realized that the verse in
the
>Christmas
> >song "Jingle Bells" wasn't "...one horse soap and
>sleigh..."
>
> As a ten-year-old, I thought Curly was singing about a
>surrey with
> "highsy-class curtains you can roll right down." Nope,
>isenglass
> curtains! Whatever the heck *they* are.
>
> And instead of "round yon virgin mother and child" (I swear
>this is
> true), I used to sing "Long John Silver, mother and child."
>
> When you don't have the facts, make some up!
>
> spe/nyc
>
>
>
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