What did he say????
02-01-07, 10:27 PM
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What did he say????-mystery solved!
Okay, maybe you all can help me out here.
I'm biking to the market tonight. I take some back streets that cross a little busier road. I get to the stop sign behind another car. It goes and then I pull up and stop at the stop sign. I'm fully in the lane. On the opposite side of the street is a big white pick up that was waiting to go. I figure I'll let him go first since I'm not sure what he's going to do since he pulled up to his stop sign a little recklessly.
I've got a bright orange reflective t-shirt over a ton of layers, a blinking headlamp, a handlebar mounted light so I'm very visible.
Well, the driver of the pick up shoots across the intersection, pulls by me with the window open (it's about 25F) and yells, rather matter of factly, what sounded like:
"Put the roof ta'!"
What the heck did he say? I've been trying to figure it out all night.
I'm biking to the market tonight. I take some back streets that cross a little busier road. I get to the stop sign behind another car. It goes and then I pull up and stop at the stop sign. I'm fully in the lane. On the opposite side of the street is a big white pick up that was waiting to go. I figure I'll let him go first since I'm not sure what he's going to do since he pulled up to his stop sign a little recklessly.
I've got a bright orange reflective t-shirt over a ton of layers, a blinking headlamp, a handlebar mounted light so I'm very visible.
Well, the driver of the pick up shoots across the intersection, pulls by me with the window open (it's about 25F) and yells, rather matter of factly, what sounded like:
"Put the roof ta'!"
What the heck did he say? I've been trying to figure it out all night.
Last edited by buzzman; 02-02-07 at 09:39 AM. Reason: solved
02-01-07, 11:53 PM
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Put the roof ta'!
That's a RedNeck term meaning
"Gee you must have testicles like cannon balls. I'm not man enough to ride a bicycle in the cold and I envy you oh swinger of the 2-bowling-balls low master. How about you come home with me and show my wife what a REAL man is."
adversely if you are female it means "show us yer tits"
That's a RedNeck term meaning
"Gee you must have testicles like cannon balls. I'm not man enough to ride a bicycle in the cold and I envy you oh swinger of the 2-bowling-balls low master. How about you come home with me and show my wife what a REAL man is."
adversely if you are female it means "show us yer tits"
02-02-07, 04:59 AM
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I think it means "I am suffering the effects of exhaust fumes leaking into the cabin"
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02-02-07, 05:20 AM
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It means "I ain't got enough teefes left to enunciate."
Obviously he was trying to say, "Putt the rooster."
Obviously he was trying to say, "Putt the rooster."
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02-02-07, 09:30 AM
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The suggestions are great!
But believe it or not I woke up this morning somehow knowing exactly what he said!
So now I'll give more hints before I'll reveal what it was.
He was obviously a little drunk. He's from Massachusetts and speaks Massachusetts (Boston- where they drive "cahs")
And it would have been more accurate had I written: "Gut roof letta!"
Think of what I was wearing...
But believe it or not I woke up this morning somehow knowing exactly what he said!
So now I'll give more hints before I'll reveal what it was.
He was obviously a little drunk. He's from Massachusetts and speaks Massachusetts (Boston- where they drive "cahs")
And it would have been more accurate had I written: "Gut roof letta!"
Think of what I was wearing...
02-02-07, 10:01 AM
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Great. I've been walking around my office mubling in my best Southie accent, "Gut roof letta!"
Everyone thinks I'm (more) crazy, but I think I've got it. I'll hold off on a guess though.
Everyone thinks I'm (more) crazy, but I think I've got it. I'll hold off on a guess though.
02-02-07, 10:09 AM
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"Good for you, sir!"
"Look at that superstar!"
"Good job in that weatha'"
Interpret things delusionally...it makes you a awesomer...
"Look at that superstar!"
"Good job in that weatha'"
Interpret things delusionally...it makes you a awesomer...
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Man, it took me long enough to get it. It's been a rough week.
Hopefully drivers around here think I've got gut roof lettas, too.
Hopefully drivers around here think I've got gut roof lettas, too.
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02-02-07, 10:22 AM
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even more accurately written in all real words would be:
"Gut roof lettuce"
Everyone should have gut roof lettuce. I'm so glad I do.
"Gut roof lettuce"
Everyone should have gut roof lettuce. I'm so glad I do.
02-02-07, 10:32 AM
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I am non the wiser for having read this thread from the start to this point. Elucidation please.
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02-02-07, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by jsharr
I am non the wiser for having read this thread from the start to this point. Elucidation please.
02-02-07, 10:52 AM
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He might have been trying to say "put the roof top...up'
He thought you was driving one of those velomobiles with the roof down, and he wanted to see it up, like this:
He thought you was driving one of those velomobiles with the roof down, and he wanted to see it up, like this:
02-02-07, 11:31 AM
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He said he's got a bed full of roof tar and was offering to put some on our BB shell for you. By offering to gut his lettuce for him, you were trying to change the subject to vegetable rights.
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He was actually speaking French and told you to va te faire foutre,
which I'm ****ing suprised as all **** is not censored on this board.
which I'm ****ing suprised as all **** is not censored on this board.
02-02-07, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by specq
He was actually speaking French and told you to va te faire foutre,
which I'm ****ing suprised as all **** is not censored on this board.
which I'm ****ing suprised as all **** is not censored on this board.
I hope not!
02-02-07, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by zeytoun
or he was mixing Pikey speak and french and said: Va te faire fitba'
so he thought I'd make a good soccer player and was saying, "gotta play fitba!"
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please clue me in. I have been saying that phrase over and over and it still makes no sense.
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Oh wow, that almost needs a Babelfish. The Canadian version would involve 3 NFLD fellows and a flat of Keith's.
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Originally Posted by rando
please clue me in. I have been saying that phrase over and over and it still makes no sense.
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Aint found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path leads me to nowhere
Wife and kids household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream to me from somewhere
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he aint gonna die
No, no, no, ya know he aint gonna die
Walkin tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me pictures of my boy
Got my pills gainst mosquito death
My buddys breathin his dyin breath
Oh God please wont you help me make it through
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he aint gonna die
No, no, no ya know he aint gonna die
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path leads me to nowhere
Wife and kids household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream to me from somewhere
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he aint gonna die
No, no, no, ya know he aint gonna die
Walkin tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me pictures of my boy
Got my pills gainst mosquito death
My buddys breathin his dyin breath
Oh God please wont you help me make it through
Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he aint gonna die
No, no, no ya know he aint gonna die
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