Name the Beaten Horse

[gizmo]

The poor dress code horse gets beaten to death over and over.

The least we can do is give the poor horse a name.

Any suggestions ?

[gizmo]

From Fridayeyes

I think its name is Ol' Denim. :D

[fridayeyes]

Threadjack: This reminds of of a city council election a few years back in Richmond, CA. The ticket included Tom "King" Butt and Courtland "Corky" Booze (pronounced boo-jhay.)

The voters in their infinite wisdom chose Butt over Booze.

Alas that the two were from opposing parties for they would have made one heck of a Presidential ticket. :)

We now return you to naming the dead horse. :)

[ger_77]

I was thinking of "Denim Diner" for the poor horse. May it rest in peace (yeah, right!).:p

Smooth Sailing! :) :) :)

[NoNoNanette]

How about "HOLIER THAN THOU", sired by "BIG HEAD SNOB" ?:)

[mountainmare]

ENOUGH HORSE ABUSE!!!!

Read my screen name--how about dead dogs or kittens. How about dead grandmothers (when I was teaching everytime I gave exams grandmothers were at risk)?

Actually my beloved horse and soulmate did die several years ago and someone did make a dead horse comment that sent my sobbing out of the room. New horse, new hobbies--but I'm not going to beat.....

[RevNeal]

mountainmare,

I fully understand your discomfort at the turn-of-phrase. It is a bit insensitive of us to use it, I will admit. You might take solace in the realization that it's not a real horse, "just a costume with two ________ inside." You're invited to fill in the blank.

Trivia: Does anyone know where the above reference is from? In the original version the line was: "Oh, they didn't shoot a real horse, just a costume with two waiters inside."

[MikeT718]

For my 2 cents:

TUX-O-MISSING

[NoNoNanette]

For my 2 cents:

TUX-O-MISSING


$20 across the board, please. Love that name! :D

[Oceanwench]

Ralph would be nice.

Or maybe: Naive Newbie Nonsense ...

[Hollyhawk]

tuxless; if you say it real fast it sounds like Texas.........

[MikeT718]

tuxless; if you say it real fast it sounds like Texas.........


I like it :p

[Sayyadina]

Threadjack: This reminds of of a city council election a few years back in Richmond, CA. The ticket included Tom "King" Butt and Courtland "Corky" Booze (pronounced boo-jhay.)

The voters in their infinite wisdom chose Butt over Booze.

I swear this is a true story. Maybe 15 years ago, our town council was comprised of three men by the first name of (are you ready for this?)

Tom, Dick, & Harry.

We got in trouble in our civics class when our student teacher questioned us about it and we shouted it out, laughing....until she realized we were right! :D

As for the dress code (animal of choice), how about Code of Horror?

[caribbean dreams]

Although Tux-O-Missing is gone now, you will be happy to know that the good ol boys down at bubba's grill, located right next to saveachair trailor court, kept him comfortable in his last hours by making him a bed of disgarded cigarette butts and fashioning him a water container made from a smuggled booze bottle once he was to weak to eat the left over buffet helpings that Gramma Baba snuck out in her purse. When his days ended, he was draped in confiscated beach towels that were left on the lounge chairs by unsuspecting chair hogs.
R.I.P.

[trubey]

Because I tend to be the factual type, rather than the witty type, I'll report in on the origin of the term (hey, I just look 'em up, I don't vouch for 'em). susana.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/287.html

: Where does the phrase
: "beat a dead horse" come from . . .


BEAT (OR FLOG) A DEAD HORSE - "Though he supported the measure, British politician and orator John Bright thought the Reform Bill of 1867, which called for more democratic representation, would never be passed by Parliament. Trying to rouse Parliament from its apathy on the issue, he said in a speech, would be like trying to 'flog a dead horse' to make it pull a load. This is the first recorded use of the expression, which is still common for 'trying to revive interest in an apparently hopeless issue.'." From the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Fact on File, New York, 1997)

[HeatherInFlorida]

Mountainmare, please don't take offense because we're in no way referring to real live horses. I would be the last one to ever do that.

But the phrase is an age old one and it works in this instance of constantly going over and over and beating a subject to death. So I think Gizmo's idea to name the horse is a very good idea:) . I like a few of the ideas so far ... Tuxless, Tux-O-Missing, and Ol Denim are all good (hopefully I didn't miss one?).

Here's an idea in the spirit of the 'dam ships .... Formalwearbandam

[Oceanwench]

We could call the horse "Insanity."

Because isn't the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome"???

:eek:

Thanks for the history lesson, susana ... I like the term "flogging" much better.

[gizmo]

Moutainmare,

This thread was not intended to belittle a horse or any other animal or make anyone feel bad. Please don't take offense.

As Heather pointed out "beating a dead horse" is an old phrase. Do a google and you will see what I mean.

Look at my signature. That should tell you how I feel about animals. :)

[Oceanwench]

A lot of us are animal lovers.
The phrase isn't meant literally.

Kind of like ... it's raining cats and dogs.

I remember hearing someone use the expression, "I'll tell you where the duck died." I thought that was odd.

[babyher]

mountainmare,

I fully understand your discomfort at the turn-of-phrase. It is a bit insensitive of us to use it, I will admit. You might take solace in the realization that it's not a real horse, "just a costume with two ________ inside." You're invited to fill in the blank.

Trivia: Does anyone know where the above reference is from? In the original version the line was: "Oh, they didn't shoot a real horse, just a costume with two waiters inside."


That line is from Victor/Victoria .......

Robert Preston tastes the wine and tells the snooty waiter, "The last time I tasted something like that , they had to shoot the poor horse " "Oh it wasn't a real horse , just a costume with two waiters in it" *LOL*

Now if we are going to name the horse, we should also name all the worms in the can that gets opened everytime we have a dress code thread *LOL* :) :) :)

[HeatherInFlorida]

.....................
Now if we are going to name the horse, we should also name all the worms in the can that gets opened everytime we have a dress code thread *LOL* :) :) :)

LOL!!!:D This may be near impossible. That's a heck of a lot of worms to name!!!!

[mountainmare]

Oh no--now is this worm abuse?

I really did have the sobbing incident--but I know its a common expression, I didn't know where it came from. Who said cruiseing isn't educational.

[jhannah]

How about "Notgonnadoit" for the horse?

[NoNoNanette]

How about "Notgonnadoit" for the horse?

Wouldn't be prudent! ;)

Welcome home, Jim.

[SDHALFAN]

How about: ONOK (obviously not our kind), or ONOTOP (obviously not our type of people)?;).

Before anyone flames me for being a snob - I'm assuming this whole thread is tongue-in-cheek, and what I'm actually trying to do is remember an acronym supposedly used by either British or American society "Ladies" (or maybe both) which infers pretty much the same thing, except if I remember correctly they end the phrase with "darling". It's something like: "not our kind of people at all darling.

Valerie:D

I echo "welcome home Jim".

[bepsf]

My bet for this race is on Topless Travesty...

...to Show!
:D ;)

[NoNoNanette]

My bet for this race is on Topless Travesty...

...to Show!
:D ;)

*grinning* ;)

[dakrewser]

Mort Cheval - named after, of course, that famous Catskills comedian :rolleyes:

[Tricia724]

Since this subject is debated so often by so many with so little results, why not call him.......MYWAY.......so no matter where you stand on the issue, you can feel like a winner.

[fridayeyes]

How about: ONOK (obviously not our kind), or ONOTOP (obviously not our type of people)?;).

Before anyone flames me for being a snob - I'm assuming this whole thread is tongue-in-cheek, and what I'm actually trying to do is remember an acronym supposedly used by either British or American society "Ladies" (or maybe both) which infers pretty much the same thing, except if I remember correctly they end the phrase with "darling". It's something like: "not our kind of people at all darling.

Valerie:D

I echo "welcome home Jim".

Was it "Not Quite Our Class, Darling" (NQOC) or Not People Like Us, Darling (NPLU)? Hard to pronounce those, though. And for some strange reason, I hear it in East Coast Lockjaw (Thurston Howell, III?) rather than British. Go figure.

I like Mort. Good ol Mort. What's that funny smell? Oh, that's just Mort. Gettin' a bit ripe, he is.

[RevNeal]

babyher wins the prize! She correctly identified the source!!!!

[RevNeal]

My bet for this race is on Topless Travesty...

...to Show!
:D ;)

buh-dum-dum! <symbols crashing>
Now THERE's a sight I'm not too fond of seeing!!! :eek:

[julia]

OMG... I love this thread! There are few things in this world that I enjoy more than cruising and playing the horses, so this thead caught my attention!

Let's see... how to name a "dead horse"?? How about:

(1) Letitdiealready
(2) Donewiththisone
and the odds on favorite is .....
(3) Nobodyreallycareswhatyouwear

And now.... coming down the home stretch, it's...... NOBODYREALLYCARESWHATYOUWEAR by four lengths!!!!!


Yeeees!!! (I had big bucks on that filly!) :)

[kryos]

The poor dress code horse gets beaten to death over and over.

The least we can do is give the poor horse a name.

Any suggestions ?
Gussy up! :)

Blue skies ...

--rita

[gizmo]

OMG... I love this thread! There are few things in this world that I enjoy more than cruising and playing the horses, so this thead caught my attention!

Let's see... how to name a "dead horse"?? How about:

(1) Letitdiealready
(2) Donewiththisone
and the odds on favorite is .....
(3) Nobodyreallycareswhatyouwear

And now.... coming down the home stretch, it's...... NOBODYREALLYCARESWHATYOUWEAR by four lengths!!!!!


Yeeees!!! (I had big bucks on that filly!) :)

And its MYWAY............. coming up on the outside !!!!!

Please pass me another mint julep !

(I love both NOBODYREALLYCARESWHATYOUWEAR AND MYWAY.) ;)

[MikeT718]

Now I am sad

Tux-O-Missing
is DEAD

[jhannah]

So Mike, does that mean there will be extra-juicy burgers this afternoon at the Lido grill? ;)

[HeatherInFlorida]

babyher wins the prize! She correctly identified the source!!!!

babyher is a guy, Greg;) . So tell us what he's won!!!!!:D

I like almost every one of these names .... and there's enough dead horses on this board for all of them to race:) .

[Oceanwench]

Mort Cheval - named after, of course, that famous Catskills comedian :rolleyes:

Tres bon!

[SDHALFAN]

[quote=fridayeyes]Was it "Not Quite Our Class, Darling" (NQOC) or Not People Like Us, Darling (NPLU)? Hard to pronounce those, though. And for some strange reason, I hear it in East Coast Lockjaw (Thurston Howell, III?) rather than British. Go figure.

NQOC: that's it Friday Eyes, thanks. I can't remember where I read about it - could be one of Dominick Dunne's novels. And you are right - it does sound like a Thurston Howell III kind of remark.:D

I think that all the names are great and would have a hard time picking a winner out of the pack.

Valerie:)

[PRINSENDAM]

Because I tend to be the factual type, rather than the witty type, I'll report in on the origin of the term (hey, I just look 'em up, I don't vouch for 'em). susana.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/287.html

: Where does the phrase
: "beat a dead horse" come from . . .


BEAT (OR FLOG) A DEAD HORSE - "Though he supported the measure, British politician and orator John Bright thought the Reform Bill of 1867, which called for more democratic representation, would never be passed by Parliament. Trying to rouse Parliament from its apathy on the issue, he said in a speech, would be like trying to 'flog a dead horse' to make it pull a load. This is the first recorded use of the expression, which is still common for 'trying to revive interest in an apparently hopeless issue.'." From the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Fact on File, New York, 1997)



Susana,

I think the term is a lot older than what is quoted above and comes from an a seafaring tradition. There is an old poem which describes the ritual but I cannot find it anywhere. Will keep looking......

Stephen
Flogging A Dead HorseA "dead horse" was the seaman's term for the first month at sea - a month for which they would have been already paid and spent the money very quickly afterwards. So it seemed to them, with the money all gone the first month was spent working for nothing. To mark the end of the "dead horse" month the crew would make an effigy of a horse and parade it around the decks, then with great noise and celebration the horse would be hoisted to the end of a yard, cut down and dropped in to the sea. No doubt there was the established understanding of beating a dead animal to work but to ship's officers "flogging a dead horse" described the difficulty of getting the crew to do any extra work during this first "unpaid" month at sea.

[gizmo]

Rev,

Got anything on Sinister Minister today ? ;)

[julia]

Sinister Minister is my favorite.... $20 across the board. Ten minutes til post time!

[babyher]

Mort Cheval - named after, of course, that famous Catskills comedian :rolleyes:


Good name for the horse ....

Those crowds in the Catskills were tougher than the fashion police in a HAL dining room .

Mel Brooks talks about the first time he did his stand up routine there.

He comes out and says "Good evening ladies and gentlemen my name is Mel Brooks".

And he hears the first three rows of the audience moan "Oy, English" *LOL*

[SDHALFAN]

[quote

Those crowds in the Catskills were tougher than the fashion police in a HAL dining room .

Mel Brooks talks about the first time he did his stand up routine there.

He comes out and says "Good evening ladies and gentlemen my name is Mel Brooks".

And he hears the first three rows of the audience moan "Oy, English" *LOL*[/quote]



Okay, I admit that I have a twisted sense of humor and that I am a huge Mel Brooks' fan but I have to say that is really, really funny - Oy!

Valerie:D