Perhaps you have heard the hoary old stereotypical rustic exclamation of surprise: 'Well, shut my mouth and paint me red!' Perhaps you are familiar with this more urbane variant: 'Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!' I, myself, am known to favour 'Well, twist my titties and call me Susan!' This past weekend, however, I encountered a new example of this species, in the short story 'The Big Rock Candy Mountain,' by Andy Duncan. It goes as follows:
'Well, butter my ass and call me a biscuit!'
Use it wisely.
(Running on very little sleep...Unwilling to think tonight.)
Posted by aloysius at August 11, 2003 10:26 PM | TrackBack |