Questions Of Man - Answered By Man

[heyseuss]

I'm going to come up with questions that I want y'all to answer, the answer does not have to be the truth, just make it sound like it might be true. The funnier the better.

1. What's the origin of the phrase, "the whole shebang" ?

[damnedeyez]

I'm going to come up with questions that I want y'all to answer, the answer does not have to be the truth, just make it sound like it might be true. The funnier the better.

1. What's the origin of the phrase, "the whole shebang" ?

You mean it wasn't just an album title?

[gglynn00]

I'm going to come up with questions that I want y'all to answer, the answer does not have to be the truth, just make it sound like it might be true. The funnier the better.

1. What's the origin of the phrase, "the whole shebang" ?


This is now my most favorite thread ever. And I'm too dirty minded to answer the question.

[heyseuss]

This is now my most favorite thread ever. And I'm too dirty minded to answer the question.

Explore the furthest reaches, it can't offend me. The wittier, more creative, the more I'll respect the answer.... even better if it has 'possible' authenticity to it.

[joedubbs]

Oh man, I was going to try and write something witty but my favorite definition found one wikipedia was 'Shebang!' is the name of a Canadian Breakdance Crew.

There is no way I can top that.

[tokenuser]

Hmmphfff.

"The Whole Shebang" was the original title of Ricky Martin's She's All I Ever Had (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJV5TlYltGQ)

The title was changed when the producers mistranslated the original Spanish lyrics which literally meant "The Whore - She Bangs".

Nobody ever noticed.

[heyseuss]

So nobody can come up with a smart, funny, fake definition of origin? Where's gm_wil when ya need him ?

If you guys can't hit this a little harder, I don't think you'll ever be ready for question number 2.

[jay_ray]

"the whole shebang" saying is from the "witch hunt" era, for some reason womens breasts explode when they're burned at the stake, as the lore goes if the womens breast do not explode she's not a witch. The villagers that did the burning would sigh in relief when they made sure the women was a witch and jokingly say "the whole shebang"

Side note, Joan d'Arc's breasts did not explode.

[scoobydiesel]

I just pictured alot of burning boobies....it wasnt pretty 0_0

[joeyrock]

The "whole shebang" actually comes from Norse mythology... or a "shübänog" as the Norse called it.
The "shübänog" is a rare creature without an anus. It defecates shiny golden poo out of it's mouth once on a full moon (a delicacy to the villagers). It was a right of passage for young boy call "Monkeecrip" to hunt a tasty shübänog poo down.
If he passed the trial he and brought back a glowing shübänog poo he would get a wife and a small plot of land. However Monkeecrip was smart and learned from Elders that the invisible shübänog turns visible only when it's defecating... no one had ever caught a shübänog alive before so he knew he would be a "badass" (in modern translation) if he actually brought one home. So he set about making a weapon and hunted the creature on a suitably brightly lit harvest moon evening... then yada yada yada... there was some setbacks and a life lesson along the way. But eventually Monkeecrip went home with a trapped shübänog. On arrival everyone gasped and shouted he has the shübänog.
Then he was made king for his badassery and given 12 of the hottest wives in the Village.. everyone feasted on the "whole shübänog" and were well fed that week.

[gglynn00]

[QUOTE=joeyrock;485417]The "whole shebang" actually comes from Norse mythology... or a "shübänog" as the Norse called it.
The "shübänog" is a rare creature without an anus. It defecates shiny golden poo out of it's mouth once on a full moon (a delicacy to the villagers). /QUOTE]


My Mind.......It.....It exploded!!!!

[joeyrock]

You should be careful glynn..... Shübänog's feed on the flesh of those with strong electro-magnetic fields. :eek:

[tokenuser]

With the Dutch East India company plying the trade routes through south east asia, local merchants needed to standardise their packaging and shipping so that comparitive offers could be made, and collaborative sales (pooling) could be achieved.

The unit they decided upon was based on the British Navy "Shy Bag" - a duffle bag like storage method used by sailors to keep their personal items dry and contained.

With local dialects, this become corrupted to be called a "shebang".

Now, when the quality of spices was being measured, the Dutch East India company needed to know the source of the spices ... both for consistent quality and payment. If the spice loaded into the Shebang was from multiple sources it was called a "Split Shebang" or sometimes a "Part Shebang", and came to denote a second rate product that was often cut with poorer quality spices. A Shebang that was sourced from a single, known high quality farmer was the most prized and commanded the best price at the spice markets in London, and it was known as "The Whole Shebang".

[gglynn00]

You should be careful glynn..... Shübänog's feed on the flesh of those with strong electro-magnetic fields. :eek:

HA!!! Very funny my friend. Very funny indeed.

[heyseuss]

That's what I'm talking about ppl. Thankyou Token, Jay, Joey.


#2 Doohickey.

[jay_ray]

Doohickey originates from the 2 words, do and hickey, common misconception states that Sir Reginald Hickey was a ladies man, and the men always called the women he slept with doohickeys as an insult, this transformed into a modern usage which means some strange object.

However it actually comes from a hickory tree that makes small berries that the now extinct Dodo bird ate. The Dodo's that ate the berries would become poisonous to humans, as the humans found out why they kept asking if those Dodo's ate the Dodo-hickories (since they didn't know what to call them). Since people are lazy they shortened it to doohickey and used that word to describe some thing they can't describe.

[dolson]

A "doohickey" was a device used by terrorists to take over in-flight aircraft. Its use pre-dates the invention of the plastic box-cutter, and more resembeled a cross between a fork and a spoon. It was made of metal, and as such, cost was prohibitive to continued use as the much more inexpensive plastic tools came to market.

[heyseuss]

I enjoyed the hell out of this small thread so much so, that ......

#3 Fenagled

[damnedeyez]

#3 Fenagled

There's actually two stories for that word, depending on spelling. Both out of myth.

Short versions.

Fenagled: Came from the Norse tale of Loki tricking his own son Fenrir off his natural path and straight into the lives of the Aesir. The rest is legend.

Finagled: Native legends speak of the origin of Salmon returning to their origins to spawn. It dealt with one in particular that had a crippled fin (oddly angled) that kept him swimming to one side. The only way for him to swim straight was to go against the current at an angle. Ashamed of this, he used his silver tongue (metaphorically speaking) to conjure up a tale of being chosen to lead his species to the promised land. Eventually he convinced the others to follow him upstream to where he was born. Of course, at the end, in the shallows of the rivers, none of them had the energy to continue, so they did their business there...and not willing to admit they'd been hoodwinked, it became their custom. Eventually turning from habit to habitat.


Edit: It's sad that that's the most creative I've been able to get in years...that's not saying much.

[joeyrock]

Fenagled:
This has a recent history.. and also a distant one. Plus it's all scary and stuff.

The term "fenagled" has permeated into our collective consciousness through a series of extraordinary events... sit down kiddies, gather round the fire and let me tell you a story.

The year was 1993, the House/Techno band "Urban Cookie Collective" were high in the UK charts with "The Key the Secret". It was a difficult time for the band as not only did they have to come up with a name for their first album; they also had to deal with a small outbreak of gremlins in their garage. February was a tough month.

Norman, the drum machine operator, was on thin ice (with the others) for letting Klaus, the mogwai keyboardist in the band, eat after midnight. They were both drunk at the time.. so I don't think Norman was too much to blame. But whatever I digress...

The "event" occurred on a cold wet morning of that fateful February. The band were nesting in a box in a cupboard, it was the only place safe from the gremlins, even though only two band members were of mogwai persuasion, two were full grown muppets... so it was squeeze; not to mention all funky in there. For those that don't know muppets emit a terrible funk when they are scared. Kind of smells like mouldy parsnips. But with some rotten egg thrown in for good measure. But whatever I digress...

The light from a ventilation brick floated into the cupboard and gave the band signal of day break. It was time to start emerging from their refuge and begin the clean up of damage the gremlins's had been causing all night. This was their 3rd night of gremlin terrorism, so they had an idea of what to expect, and the futility of their cleaning had not escaped them. However today was different. They wouldn't believe the sight that was to lay before them.

Norman climbed the step ladder to reach tentatively for the door handle. "Wait" said Merlin. "What if they are wearing coats and sun cream again". "Good point" said Norman. "grab the baseball bat Fozzy". Fozzy dug around in the dusty damp cupboard. His hand rested on the round smooth... "HEY! that's my penis" said Mrs Piggy. "Gahhh.. sorry" replied Fozzy... furiously trying to hide his instantly occurring erection. Norman, ignoring the embarrassed Fozzy, began to twist the handle again. He gave the door a solid push and light rushed into the cupboard.

Blinking as their eyes adjusted to the morning light the band began to move into the room. Merlin stood still. Mrs Piggy was still gathering him/herself and crawling out of the box, muttering to him/herself in the process. As she/he started to stand, looking up... the rest of the band were motionless and clearly transfixed on whatever was in the room. Piggy's view was obscured "hey guys, what is it? Have they shit on the sofa again?". Piggy slowly moved up and forward. The light from the far window flashed across her/his eyes, dust particles illuminated as they waved across the rooms dry air. She moved forward to Merlin's side and the full vision of what they had to deal with that day was presented to him/her. Later she/he would call this moment a gift.

..... to be continued. :D

[heyseuss]

Thankyou Dolson, JayRay Gglynn, Token, JoeyRock, Damned. When I need a larf and www.textfromlastnight.com isn't doin it for me, I come back to this.


#4 Proof is in the pudding.

[tokenuser]

Just quickly - fenagled is a forward pass that went unnoticed in the sport of farnarkling.

FWIW - Farnarkle is a full body contact version of curling, played on a muddy field using cinder blocks.

[heyseuss]

Just quickly - fenagled is a forward pass that went unnoticed in the sport of farnarkling.

FWIW - Farnarkle is a full body contact version of curling, played on a muddy field using cinder blocks.

Fuckin' LOL ! Something I would expect to see in a Footrot Flats comic.

[damnedeyez]

Farnarkle is a full body contact version of curling

Lest we not forget the origins of curling...the original hair straighter. The stone was used much like an iron/press, with the brushes used as hair brushes to align and straighten out the hair so the stone could be run along it. The ice was important, due to the colder climate where this process was invented, in freezing the hair straight.

Of course, the occasional stone would slip and slide away...which lead to idle servants/straighteners goofing off on the job or during slow periods, and finding the brushing could help control the stone on the ice.