Come off the money (= get off the dime?)

[Benjamin Fortson]

Oops, typed too fast. Yes, "tried to shit" was what I meant -- I guess I
was half-thinking "had to shit" but didn't even get *that* right... Note
that our version rhymes, which the dime version doesn't.

Ben

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Laurence Horn wrote:

> At 9:21 AM -0400 4/16/02, Benjamin Fortson wrote:
> >  > >     Here I sit,
> >>  >     broken-hearted
> >>  >     paid my dime
> >>  >     and only farted
> >
> >Isn't the third line normally "had a shit"?
>
> "tried to shit".  Your version makes no sense in the context, does
> it?  The "tried to shit" version may well (for all I know) be an
> adaptation that serves to retain this immortal verse for a generation
> postdating the demise of pay toilets.
>
> Larry
>