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#132732 - 09/08/04 11:55 AM Quote
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 2 beausmiley stranger
beausmiley stranger Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 2	Wondering if anyone knows the origin/how the quote came to be "When the shit hits the fan"

#132733 - 09/08/04 01:25 PM Re: Quote
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel
belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891	Welcome beausmiley. I can't answer your question but I'm sure someone here will come up with something.

#132734 - 09/08/04 02:06 PM Re: Quote
Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky	Welcome to you...oh NO, I was going to put a couple of letters as a short version of your name, and then I remembered your topic!! Speaking of blushing, we've gotten in the habit here of using asterisks to replace some of the letters in a word that we are offended by or are concerned might offend others; for ex., s**t. Anyway, I think I'll copy to you what I just wrote for our other newcomer (since I don't know the origin myself, that is): Why don't you try going to Information and Announcements and looking in Max's Useful Language Links? I'm sure there are some word and phrase origin sites listed there.

#132735 - 09/08/04 03:12 PM Re: Quote
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 Jomama member
Jomama member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133	And there's the more acceptable variant, "when the egg"....

#132736 - 09/08/04 04:12 PM Who's Jo Mama?
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Owlbow enthusiast
Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA	If you stick your finger in the fan, do you end up with egg on your face? BTW Jomama, there was a bluesy group with (almost, Jo Mama) the same name fronted by guitar player, Danny Kortchmar in 1970-71. He played on early James Taylor albums among other credits.

#132737 - 09/08/04 05:06 PM Here's a hint
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Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA	http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/17/messages/683.html

#132738 - 09/09/04 05:14 AM Re: Who's Jo Mama?
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 Jomama member
Jomama member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133	Thanks for the neat info, Owlbow, don't remember the group but I do like blues! There was also a dj in Miami, Joe Mama, who created a bit of a flap a few years back by announcing a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway. He proposed to toss live turkeys from a helicopter to his fans. He was going to buy the turkeys frm a Mr. Gobble, reportedly the real name of a poultry farmer in the area. NO, it didn't happen. Safety and humane concerns prevailed.

#132739 - 09/09/04 09:17 AM Re: where's Herb Tarlek?
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont	toss live turkeys from a helicopter wasn't that Les Nessman? formerly known as etaoin...

#132740 - 09/10/04 04:22 AM Re: where's Herb Tarlek?
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 Jomama member
Jomama member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133	Yes, I'm sure Joe Mama was inspired by that crazy episode from WKRP. Les Nesman's plan was completed, in fiction: his imitator's, foiled in fact.

#132741 - 09/10/04 05:08 PM WKRP Turkey Drop
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Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA	http://radio.about.com/library/blwkrpturkey.htm

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