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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2010Hiassen: bowling ball
Hello: Known idiom/slang? He might try to have sex even with a bowling ball? ---- "I wouldn't trust the guy alone with my bowling bowl, that's what a horndog he is." Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 73 ---- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks. > Marius Hancu Not to me. Although claiming that horndogs would have sex with almost any unlikely object is quite common, I don't know that a bowling ball is more common than any other - post, wall, etc etc.  SignatureCheryl > > Known idiom/slang? > > He might try to have sex even with a bowling ball? > > > ---- > > "I wouldn't trust the guy alone with my bowling bowl, that's what a > > horndog he is." > Not to me. Although claiming that horndogs would have sex with almost > any unlikely object is quite common Interesting. Thank you all. Marius Hancu >Hello: > >Known idiom/slang? >He might try to have sex even with a bowling ball? That phrase is not known to me, but phrases such as "he'd have sex with anything with a hole in it" are. A bowling ball has holes in it. http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02165/bowling-ball-480.jpg >---- >"I wouldn't trust the guy alone with my bowling bowl, that's what a >horndog he is." > >Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 73 >---- SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >Hello: > >Known idiom/slang? >He might try to have sex even with a bowling ball? Not an established phrase, but "He would have sex with" + (object/animal) is an established, if loose, form. A bowling ball works better than some other objects because it has holes drilled in it. >"I wouldn't trust the guy alone with my bowling bowl, that's what a >horndog he is." > >Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 73 >---- Very funny author and book. Hiaasen is going to throw a lot of non-conventional images at you. He tends to make up phrasing rather than rely on established idioms or slang. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida Marius Hancu: >> Known idiom/slang? >> He might try to have sex even with a bowling ball? Tony Cooper: > Not an established phrase, but "He would have sex with" + > (object/animal) is an established, if loose, form. > > A bowling ball works better than some other objects because it has > holes drilled in it. Yes. Carl Hiassen and Tony are both talking about a 10-pin bowling ball; 5-pin bowling, whose balls do not have holes, is little known in the US. SignatureMark Brader First, the next time you buy a house, get one that msb@vex.net costs exactly $100,000. It makes the math easier. Toronto -- John Gilmer > Marius Hancu: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Yes. Carl Hiassen and Tony are both talking about a 10-pin bowling ball; > 5-pin bowling, whose balls do not have holes, is little known in the US. There are at least 3 kinds of bowling played in the US. Duckpin (common in southern New England and parts of the mid-Atlantic) and candlepin (common in mid and northern New England, as well as parts of Canada) bowling balls have no holes; 10-pin bowling balls do, as you note. Even in the areas where one of the other forms of bowling is common, 10-pin bowling is the most popular; the unqualified term "bowling" is generally understood to refer to 10-pin bowling. The term 10-pin generally refers to standard bowling, even though the other variants also have 10 pins. > >Known idiom/slang? > >He might try to have sex even with a bowling ball? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > non-conventional images at you. He tends to make up phrasing rather > than rely on established idioms or slang. I see that already:-) Thanks. Marius Hancu > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 73 > ---- he'd f.ck the crack of dawn - if it had hair round it. >> Hello: >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > he'd f.ck the crack of dawn - if it had hair round it. When I was growing up, one of the morning newspapers had the slogan "Daily at Dawn". This upset a friend of mine. His sister's name was Dawn. SignaturePeter Moylan, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. http://www.pmoylan.org For an e-mail address, see my web page. > > Known idiom/slang? > > He might try to have sex even with a bowling ball? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > he'd f.ck the crack of dawn - if it had hair round it. Something to remember:-) Thank you all. Marius Hancu |
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