dialectal "from the home" /of the home

[Laurence Horn]

At 1:26 PM -0500 12/1/04, Mark A. Mandel wrote:
>   From: Jonathan Lighter:
>    >>>>>
>   The Chief says, "What in blazes is this?  I call the Texas Rangers to =
>put down a riot and all they send is ONE little ol' Ranger?"
>
>   The Ranger shifts his chaw from one side to the other, squirts a brown =
>stream o' juice, an' he says, "Hell, they's only ONE little ol' riot, =
>ain't they?"
>  <<<<<
>
>This reminds me of "One riot, one Mountie."
>
which reminds me of "25 players, 25 cabs", referring to the various
socially dysfunctional baseball teams, including the Red Sox of the
bad old days...

larry, also dimly recalling something along the lines of "six Jews,
seven opinions"--or rather "n Jews, n + m opinions" for some
forgotten but positive values of n and m