Meanwhile, back at the ranch.....

[Sam Clements]

Fred,

We did this one over at the Straight Dope earlier this year.  One member
though it in Zane Grey, 'Riders of the Purple Sage(1912).  So I searched the
text, and in chapter VI, it says "Meantime, at the ranch, ....."

I know this isn't the exact phrase, but may be of interest.

Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Shapiro" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
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Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 11:59 AM
Subject: Ancestry.com Searches


> If the Ancestry.com jockeys (Barry & Sam) are looking for things to search
> on that database, here are nine sayings for which I would be interested in
> whether Ancestry has anything earlier than the dates indicated:
>
> The butler did it (anything before 1938)
> Not tonight, Josephine (anything before 1911)
> In God we trust; all others pay cash (anything before 1890)
> May you live in interesting times (anything before 1939)
> The South will rise again (anything before 1950)
> Defeat from the jaws of victory (anything before 1891)
> Meanwhile, back at the ranch (anything before 1944)
> There's nobody here but us chickens (anything before 1963)
> Close, but no cigar (anything before 1935)
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
>
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