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Old 06-17-2019, 03:23 PM
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Your wish is my command


couldn't hit a bull on the ass with a banjo"

"... one edifying thought experiment (there are many such) consists of William Tyndale paying a tumultuous visit to Tyndale House, publishers of the inane Left Behind series. One pictures broken windows, crying secretaries, sirens, a major scene, an arrest, and a board meeting the next day with the suits and haircuts trying to decide if they should press charges against this very troubled man.

At the end they decide to just make him pay for the damage he did to the sign out front -- the sign that had his name on it.

This is an obvious point, but a certain kind of mind still misses it.
This is because a certain kind of mind couldn't hit a bull on the ass with a banjo"
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Old 06-17-2019, 03:39 PM
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RQ
Your wish is my command


couldn't hit a bull on the ass with a banjo"

"... one edifying thought experiment (there are many such) consists of William Tyndale paying a tumultuous visit to Tyndale House, publishers of the inane Left Behind series. One pictures broken windows, crying secretaries, sirens, a major scene, an arrest, and a board meeting the next day with the suits and haircuts trying to decide if they should press charges against this very troubled man.

At the end they decide to just make him pay for the damage he did to the sign out front -- the sign that had his name on it.

This is an obvious point, but a certain kind of mind still misses it.
This is because a certain kind of mind couldn't hit a bull on the ass with a banjo"
I'm afraid that I don't understand the reference from the Dave Wainscott blog.

Always thought that this idiom generally referred to someone who was falling down drunk, or otherwise unable to hit something as large as the bull's behind with something equally large such as a banjo or a base fiddle.
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Old 06-17-2019, 04:40 PM
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I suspect that the origin of the expression, unless it was uttered by some famous person like Shakespeare or used in the Bible, has probably been lost. I guess it could be attributed to that prolific writer of poetry and sayings referred to as Anonymous.

On another subject, not my call, but I'd like to suggest Monmouth for this coming weekend's venue as it has 3 graded stakes and I wonder, if we could also tack on the Ohio Derby?
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Old 06-17-2019, 05:33 PM
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I don't have much influence, but that sounds good to me!
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Old 06-17-2019, 05:37 PM
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TIZ ROAMIN’s DECISION WAS WHERE TO ROAM + ROCK

Tho ... Suggestions Are always good
because sometimes we can be unaware of a good venue
because of the website we choose to read
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