In these two things you must take pride...a horse and woman...well both of them you ride...

[Harrison Hill]

I've waited a long time to look up some of my favourite lyrics on the
internet, but this one surprises me - is it right?

"My daddy told me a long time ago
Said there's two things son
Two things you should know,
And in these two things you must take pride
That's a horse and woman, yeah
Well both of them you ride."

Sounds old fashioned and rather unlikely. I found this song around the
time I found my wife when I was desperately "On The Hunt".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guRoxj0AaHs

[fabzorba]

I've seen photos of your wife, and I must say that she in no way has
the sort of horsey look that so characterizes the likes of Princess
Anne. I think she deserves a lot better than that. Speaking of spousal
photos, would you have anything a little more - how does one put this
- a little more...candid?
A local saying, in Oz and in the 1960s, was one that mystified me when
my mate told me it, in a manner that suggested he was worldly-wise,
though we were both about 15 and virgins. It is:

You ride a woman for speed, not comfort.

Well, I am, no longer a virgin, but despite my attempts to beat Hugh
Hefner at his own game, I am no wiser today than I was then, as to
what it might mean.

"Riding for speed" sounds very much like a variation of "Wham bam,
thank you ma'am". I doubt anyone today would plump for speed over
technique. But I'm STILL not sure what it might mean. Except of course
back then, I nodded my pubescent head, and stroked my chin, upon which
no hairs at all - let alone grey ones - had begun to sprout, and
murmured nonchalant assent.

[Peter Brooks]

On Dec 16, 1:59 pm, fabzorba <myles.abzo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 16, 8:31 am, Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've waited a long time to look up some of my favourite lyrics on the
> > internet, but this one surprises me - is it right?
>
> > "My daddy told me a long time ago
> > Said there's two things son
> > Two things you should know,
> > And in these two things you must take pride
> > That's a horse and woman, yeah
> > Well both of them you ride."
>
> > Sounds old fashioned and rather unlikely. I found this song around the
> > time I found my wife when I was desperately "On The Hunt".
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guRoxj0AaHs
>
> I've seen photos of your wife, and I must say that she in no way has
> the sort of horsey look that so characterizes the likes of Princess
> Anne. I think she deserves a lot better than that. Speaking of spousal
> photos, would you have anything a little more - how does one put this
> - a little more...candid?
> A local saying, in Oz and in the 1960s, was one that mystified me when
> my mate told me it, in a manner that suggested he was worldly-wise,
> though we were both about 15 and virgins. It is:
>
> You ride a woman for speed, not comfort.
>

It sounds like a variation of an old, and not very nice, comment made
about women who don't look like Twiggy - that they're built for
comfort, not speed.

[Harrison Hill]

That doesn't fit the song however. I'd always heard it as:

"And in these two things you must take pride

That's a HOUSE and A woman, yeah
THAT'S GOING TO DO YOU RIGHT."

A mondagreen of considerable length :(

[Harrison Hill]

On Dec 16, 11:59 am, fabzorba <myles.abzo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 16, 8:31 am, Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've waited a long time to look up some of my favourite lyrics on the
> > internet, but this one surprises me - is it right?
>
> > "My daddy told me a long time ago
> > Said there's two things son
> > Two things you should know,
> > And in these two things you must take pride
> > That's a horse and woman, yeah
> > Well both of them you ride."
>
> > Sounds old fashioned and rather unlikely. I found this song around the
> > time I found my wife when I was desperately "On The Hunt".
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guRoxj0AaHs
>
> I've seen photos of your wife, and I must say that she in no way has
> the sort of horsey look that so characterizes the likes of Princess
> Anne. I think she deserves a lot better than that. Speaking of spousal
> photos, would you have anything a little more - how does one put this
> - a little more...candid?

Thank you, but no, I only took *one* candid picture of her, and I have
censored that: you don't want the "children" coming across "candid "
pictures of their mother. I'm sure there are plenty about, but not in
my collection.

> A local saying, in Oz and in the 1960s, was one that mystified me when
> my mate told me it, in a manner that suggested he was worldly-wise,
> though we were both about 15 and virgins. It is:
>
> You ride a woman for speed, not comfort.
>
> Well, I am, no longer a virgin, but despite my attempts to beat Hugh
> Hefner at his own game, I am no wiser today than I was then, as to
> what it might mean.
>
> "Riding for speed" sounds very much like a variation of "Wham bam,
> thank you ma'am". I doubt anyone today would plump for speed over
> technique. But I'm STILL not sure what it might mean. Except of course
> back then, I nodded my pubescent head, and stroked my chin, upon which
> no hairs at all - let alone grey ones - had begun to sprout, and
> murmured nonchalant assent.

It doesn't make any sense to me either.

[JOF]

I've heard "built for speed" vs. "built for comfort", referring to
sports cars vs. luxury sedans, and extended to living sexual objects,
referring basically to amount of padding.

--
John