sexual euphemisms in Grateful Dead songs

James Pablos

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May 21, 2017, 6:14:37 PM5/21/17

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I'll start:

"when he's charging his chopper,
up and down your carpeted hall..."

Tarp Skidoo

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May 21, 2017, 8:58:14 PM5/21/17

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"Ridin' that train..."

Michael Black

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May 22, 2017, 2:17:09 PM5/22/17

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But that's about Casey Jones, who was a real person, and really was a
train engineer.

Though, he wasn't high on cocaine.

Michael

The old geezer

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May 22, 2017, 2:44:49 PM5/22/17

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On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 2:17:09 PM UTC-4, Michael Black wrote:

> > "Ridin' that train..."

> But that's about Casey Jones, who was a real person, and really was a
> train engineer.
>

> Though, he wasn't high on cocaine.....

Who Sez......???

TOG

James Pablos

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May 22, 2017, 4:42:13 PM5/22/17

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On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 2:17:09 PM UTC-4, Michael Black wrote:

> But that's about Casey Jones, who was a real person, and really was a
> train engineer.

That dude could really lay the pipe, though.

the Felonious Kidd

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May 24, 2017, 11:24:07 PM5/24/17

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I'd love to participate in this thread but I am afraid that I have a case of the jelly roll blues and I won't be of much use.

Can we do menstrual cycle euphemisms next?

Band Beyond You

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May 25, 2017, 12:14:24 AM5/25/17

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Don't be a party to Pablos' attempts at titillation via his introduction of
rmgd racy thread themes; you might get him so excited you'll make him knock
over the meth lab apparatus in his SWOH dank computer basement...

Michael Black

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May 25, 2017, 9:51:26 AM5/25/17

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On Wed, 24 May 2017, the Felonious Kidd wrote:

> On Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 3:14:37 PM UTC-7, James Pablos wrote:
>> I'll start:
>>
>> "when he's charging his chopper,
>> up and down your carpeted hall..."
>
> I'd love to participate in this thread but I am afraid that I have a
> case of the jelly roll blues and I won't be of much use.
>

YOu mean it's not a euphemism for a sweet dessert?

> Can we do menstrual cycle euphemisms next?
>

"Doin' That Rag" ?

Michael

James Pablos

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May 25, 2017, 10:23:23 AM5/25/17

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On Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 9:51:26 AM UTC-4, Michael Black wrote:

> "Doin' That Rag" ?

"Ridin' That Cotton Pony"

the Felonious Kidd

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May 26, 2017, 11:12:46 AM5/26/17

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Which Grateful Dead song does that come from? I'm not familiar with the lyric. And how does the pony compare in size to the average dire wolf?

James Pablos

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May 26, 2017, 11:25:51 AM5/26/17

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On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 11:12:46 AM UTC-4, the Felonious Kidd wrote:

> > "Ridin' That Cotton Pony"
>
> Which Grateful Dead song does that come from? I'm not familiar with the lyric. And how does the pony compare in size to the average dire wolf?

It is the b-side on the "Don't Ease Me In" single from '65. An old blues tune... Pig singing lead. You can find it on the "Rarities and B-Sides" release from Rhino.

"Ridin' that cotton pony,
Ridin' that cotton pony,
Cain't get no loving' tonight,
Cuz my baby's riding that cotton pony."

Michael Black

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May 26, 2017, 2:03:17 PM5/26/17

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Where's the sex there?

In Finland these days, apparently the young women have a hobby horse
craze, there was a story about it recently, I didn't pay much attention
to. But maybe they are riding those cotton ponies.

Michael

James Pablos

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May 26, 2017, 2:44:36 PM5/26/17

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On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 2:03:17 PM UTC-4, Michael Black wrote:

> In Finland these days, apparently the young women have a hobby horse
> craze, there was a story about it recently, I didn't pay much attention
> to. But maybe they are riding those cotton ponies.

There's a short story... Is it Faulkner? A boy goes into his room to furiously ride his hobby horse. If he "rides it" hard enough then the winner of the horse races comes to him from the future. His mom urges him to ride it harder and harder until he finally dies.

The fuck.. DH Lawrence. That's it.

http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/rockwinr.html