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"Olive oil" to mean "goodbye"

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Harrison Hill

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Nov 12, 2012, 10:09:07 AM11/12/12
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A famous song from a famous film has "olive oil" as a bizarre
valediction, in what is an otherwise uneventful meeting between two
men. The song has them greet each other, exchange pleasantries, then
bid each other farewell. Can anyone name the song and translate "olive
oil" into modern...erm...English?

James Hogg

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Nov 12, 2012, 10:55:11 AM11/12/12
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"The Babbitt and the Bromide"
"Au revoir"

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James

Harrison Hill

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Nov 12, 2012, 11:08:59 AM11/12/12
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Thank you James. I have puzzled over that for many years.

Harrison Hill

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Nov 12, 2012, 11:16:33 AM11/12/12
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"The Ziegfeld Follies" here:

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

And a link to the George Gershwin explanation:

http://tinyurl.com/bolgn68

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RySwdc151ZoC&pg=PA411&lpg=PA411&dq=gershwin+olive+oil&source=bl&ots=SJOgLuptJn&sig=OLm0uaf04bh11ZivnYHOGd1chp0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zx-hUIuhDea50QXEu4DIDQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=gershwin%20olive%20oil&f=false

James Hogg

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Nov 12, 2012, 11:24:12 AM11/12/12
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I couldn't figure out whether it was a quiz question or a plea for help.

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R H Draney

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Nov 12, 2012, 12:28:01 PM11/12/12
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Harrison Hill filted:
>
>On 12 Nov, 16:08, Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12 Nov, 15:55, James Hogg <Jas.H...@gOUTmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Harrison Hill wrote:
>> > > A famous song from a famous film has "olive oil" as a bizarre
>> > > valediction, in what is an otherwise uneventful meeting between two
>> > > men. The song has them greet each other, exchange pleasantries, then
>> > > bid each other farewell. Can anyone name the song and translate "olive
>> > > oil" into modern...erm...English?
>>
>> > "The Babbitt and the Bromide"
>> > "Au revoir"
>>
>> Thank you James. I have puzzled over that for many years.
>
>"The Ziegfeld Follies" here:
>
>And a link to the George Gershwin explanation:

Yes, that would be the obvious time period...the gag sounds very
Gallagher-and-Shean-y....r


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Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.

fabzorba

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Nov 13, 2012, 4:52:43 AM11/13/12
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> Yeah, right.- Hide quoted text -
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Can't resist telling y'all this one. True story, circa 1968. B & W TV.
Cheap local kiddies show on NBN Channel 3 in Newcastle (N.S.W.) Kids
in audience get to come on stage and tell a joke.

Boy about 8 gets up there and says "What part of Popeye never gets
rusty?"

"What part?" everyone yells out.

"His tool, coz he keeps it in Olive Oil."

Well there was utter chaos, and Joke Corner was never heard of
again....






rwalker

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Dec 3, 2012, 2:39:49 PM12/3/12
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:55:11 +0100, James Hogg <Jas....@gOUTmail.com>
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Ah yes, much like "Our feet are stainded."
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