ice cream has no bones
msh...@nyu.edu
"Which is faster, to New York or by train?" "Apple juice, 'cause ice cream
has no bones." A WWW search turns up several pages that employ it, often
as an answer to a question, but I fail to see its import or origin. Thanks
much.
Michael Hamm
BA, Math, Jan. '01
msh...@nyu.edu
http://pages.nyu.edu/~msh210/
Mike Moran
question with exactly the same answer might be: "Why is a mouse when it
spins?"
Mike Moran
mmo...@internetwis.com
Ellen Mizzell
> Whence "ice cream has no bones", please? I first heard it as part of:
> "Which is faster, to New York or by train?" "Apple juice, 'cause ice cream
> has no bones." A WWW search turns up several pages that employ it, often
> as an answer to a question, but I fail to see its import or origin. Thanks
> much.
>
Try searching on "non sequitur" instead.
--
Ellen Mizzell
Charles Strauss
>Whence "ice cream has no bones", please? I first heard it as part of:
>"Which is faster, to New York or by train?" "Apple juice, 'cause ice cream
>has no bones." A WWW search turns up several pages that employ it, often
>as an answer to a question, but I fail to see its import or origin. Thanks
>much.
>
My father used to sing, at entirely random (and mercifully widely-spaced intervals)
"I like bananas.\They ain't got no bones!". I didn't understand it either.
/C.M. Strauss
P&DSchultz
"I like bananas because they have no bones" was a 1930s pop song by
Yachich. It was performed by the Hoosier Hotshots. I have the French
version (Vive les bananes) performed by Ray Ventura & ses collégiens.
//P. Schultz
jan...@mailexcite.com
And people complain about modern pop music!
Michael Hamm
> I think you're taking it a bit too seriously, Michael.
> > Whence "ice cream has no bones", please?
No: I know it's supposed to be a non-sequitur (and humorous to those who
like that kinda thing; in any event, non-serious), but it must still have
an origin.
Ellen Mizzell
> Mike Moran (mmo...@internetwis.com) wrote, in part:
> > I think you're taking it a bit too seriously, Michael.
>
> > > Whence "ice cream has no bones", please?
>
> No: I know it's supposed to be a non-sequitur (and humorous to those who
> like that kinda thing; in any event, non-serious), but it must still have
> an origin.
>
Everything has an origin, but a non sequitur comes out of nowhere,
so to speak -- that's the point of it.
--
Ellen Mizzell
Dave Crane
>P&DSchultz wrote:
>> "I like bananas because they have no bones" was a 1930s pop song by
>> Yachich. It was performed by the Hoosier Hotshots. I have the French
>> version (Vive les bananes) performed by Ray Ventura & ses collégiens.
>> //P. Schultz
>
>And people complain about modern pop music!
The thirties and forties were times of great stress. Any amusement
would help people smile. The subject is worthy of a book -- with
music and computer CDs included, of course.
Current-day pop music is funded from different emotions, but probably
worth a holographic presentation in 50 years.
Peter Buchwald
>Mike Moran (mmo...@internetwis.com) wrote, in part:
>> I think you're taking it a bit too seriously, Michael.
>
>> > Whence "ice cream has no bones", please?
>
>No: I know it's supposed to be a non-sequitur (and humorous to those who
>like that kinda thing; in any event, non-serious), but it must still have
>an origin.
>
I don't think this is so difficult. Compare sayings like "I make no bones
about this" (I am speaking candidly), or "a bone of contention" (a disputed
point), or even "I have a bone to pick with you" (There is a problem I wish
to discuss). Ice cream doesn't have problems. You scream, I scream,
everyone loves ice cream...
M Wells
>Whence "ice cream has no bones", please? I first heard it as part of:
>"Which is faster, to New York or by train?" "Apple juice, 'cause ice cream
>has no bones." A WWW search turns up several pages that employ it, often
>as an answer to a question, but I fail to see its import or origin. Thanks
>much.
[snip]
Without knowing the background, this appears to be a nonsensical
riddle of the type that were briefly popular in Brisbane, Australia,
approx. 15 years ago.
One example I can remember went: "Why is a cat? Because motorcycles
don't have doors."
Regards,
M Wells
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"Der Aberglaube ist die | "Superstition is the
Poesie des Lebens" | poetry of life"
-Johann Wolfgang von |
Goethe |
baldeagle
reasoning: once you remove the peel and throw away the bone, there's nothing left to eat.
Which leads me to wonder about the term "he went bananas," indicating irrational behavior
for a short period.
baldeagle
^^^^^^^
Charles Strauss wrote:
> In article <Pine.OSF.3.95.981221...@is7.nyu.edu> msh...@nyu.edu writes:
> >Whence "ice cream has no bones", please? I first heard it as part of:
> >"Which is faster, to New York or by train?" "Apple juice, 'cause ice cream
> >has no bones." A WWW search turns up several pages that employ it, often
> >as an answer to a question, but I fail to see its import or origin. Thanks
> >much.
> >
> >Michael Hamm
> >BA, Math, Jan. '01
> >msh...@nyu.edu
> >http://pages.nyu.edu/~msh210/
> >
>
> My father used to sing, at entirely random (and mercifully widely-spaced intervals)
> "I like bananas.\They ain't got no bones!". I didn't understand it either.
> /C.M. Strauss
JMichaeI
>I don't think this is so difficult. Compare sayings like "I make no bones
>about this" (I am speaking candidly), or "a bone of contention" (a disputed
>point), or even "I have a bone to pick with you" (There is a problem I wish
>to discuss). Ice cream doesn't have problems. You scream, I scream,
>everyone loves ice cream...
>
I think you're making too much of an effort at ascribing meaning to nonsense.
When I first heard the expression under discussion, it was part of the
previously mentioned "shaggy dog story" (non-sequitur), which derives its humor
from the absurdity of the question and response. Another line of similar ilk
was "It takes too many pancakes to build a dog house." The jokes were just
absurd, like a koan, maybe. They were designed to mess with the minds of
people who were stoned, IMHO.
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