It's All Clear to Me Now!

[Gary]

I always wondered where that phrase came from......

[Ooooner]

If these were for sale today, I suspect Harold would send off for one! Who knows, he may already have one!

[markandson]

OK, so where does the phrase "Get The Lead Out" come from. I have never heard of blowing lead up someones ........

[opelnut10]

I always wondered where that phrase came from......

I bet if you could manufacture these items and list them on ebay they would sell like hotcakes (another saying of unknown origin) I think they might be required lab equipment for Political Science, Law School and New & Used Auto Sales. In consideration of fair play they should also be available as a training tool to anyone that wished to embark on a career where instead of dazzling people with wisdom they want to baffle people with

[rrossjr]

I always wondered where that phrase came from......

Well I'll be damned!
Tobacco smoke enema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trying to banish this image from my mind...

One of the earliest reports of resuscitation by rectally applied tobacco smoke dates from 1746, when a seemingly drowned woman is reported as being successfully revived after, on the advice of a passing sailor, the stem of the sailor's pipe was inserted into her rectum and air was blown into the pipe's bowl through a piece of perforated paper.[2]

Ron in Indy

[GoinManta]

OK, so where does the phrase "Get The Lead Out" come from. I have never heard of blowing lead up someones ........

During World War II "get the lead out" was a very popular phrase, almost as popular as the phrase of which it was a shorter and less controversial form, namely, "Get the lead out of your ass!" Obviously, it meant "Get going, move with a little more celerity!" (From the internet)

[GoinManta]

Can't help myself....

SELL LIKE HOT CAKES - "Hot cakes cooked in bear grease or pork lard were popular from earliest times in American. First made of cornmeal, the griddle cakes or pancakes were of course best when served piping hot and were often sold at church benefits, fairs, and other functions. So popular were they that by the beginning of the 19th century 'to sell like hot cakes' was a familiar expression for anything that sold very quickly, effortlessly, and in quantity." From "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997)

[hrcollinsjr]

If these were for sale today, I suspect Harold would send off for one! Who knows, he may already have one!

Actually Roy there is a hand crank one at the in-laws in NC near you! They always told me it was for the forge though.

Harold

[tekenaar]

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Well I'll be damned!
Tobacco smoke enema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trying to banish this image from my mind...

One of the earliest reports of resuscitation by rectally applied tobacco smoke dates from 1746, when a seemingly drowned woman is reported as being successfully revived after, on the advice of a passing sailor, the stem of the sailor's pipe was inserted into her rectum and air was blown into the pipe's bowl through a piece of perforated paper.[2]

Ron in Indy

. . . wonder if he ever smoked that pipe again!

[opelnut10]

. . . wonder if he ever smoked that pipe again!

Actually this method lead to other innovations, such as artificial resisatation, where the smoke was found to be inhaled by the rectum on the compression stroke and exhaled on the exhaust stroke. A tin cover was invented to replace the perferated paper so as not to catch the carpet on fire by exhaust. This eventually lead to the invention of the internal combustion engine and the muffler. As for the sailor ever smoking that pipe again, that lead to the invention of changable stems for pipes in order to save money by not having to replace the entire unit. These replaceable stems where also varied in length and size to fit various rectums

[rrossjr]

. . . wonder if he ever smoked that pipe again!

Well blow me down...


Ron in Indy

[opeletti75]

how do you know that it might be get the gun out