Cheese and rice (Jesus Christ!)

[Laurence Horn]

>The character Lt. Howard Hunter on "Hill Street Blues" used to say
>"Judas Priest" as a profanity, but the band with that name goes back to
>the late sixties.
>
>Somewhere in a late 1970's comic book (maybe X-Men?), a character
>uttered "Judith Christ", which was also the name of a NY film critic.
>

Well, loosely speaking.  Her name was "Crist", and it rhymes with
"fist".  I assume that the comic book character would have rhymed his
or her "Christ" with "heist".

LH



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>>  I celebrated my three-month anniversary with the movie THE
>>  BREAK-UP.  Chicago tour guide Vince Vaughn thankfully didn't
>>  mention "the Windy City," but  he did get "Second City" wrong.
>>  ...
>>  One character declares "Cheese and rice!" HDAS has only
>>  "cheese and  crusts."
>>  ...
>>  ...
>>  ...
>>  ...
>>  _http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cheese+and+rice_
>>  (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cheese+and+rice)
>>  cheese and rice
>>
>>  This is a less offensive way of saying "Jesus Christ"
>>
>>  It originated  with the movie 'The Faculty'. In the real
>>  version, one of the characters  exclaimed "Jesus Christ!" but
>>  in the edited TV version, they had it changed to  "Cheese and rice!"
>>  Guy #1: Aliens landed on Earth!
>>  Guy #2: Cheese  and rice!
>>  ...
>>  ...
>>  ...
>>  (GOOGLE GROUPS)
>>  _Great Redubs (Was Re: Stupid Redubs)_
>>  (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.folklore.urban/browse_thre
>>  ad/thread/4fc3521349df5649/d66909a9c88a5583?lnk=st&q="c
>>  heese+and+rice"&rnum=351&hl=en#d66909a9c88a5583)
>>  In the TV cut of "Used Cars", "Jesus Christ!" becomes "Cheese
>>   and Rice!" I know of some rabbis who only say "Cheese  and
>>  Rice" or even "Mr Rice". ...
>>  _alt.folklore.urban_
>>  (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.folklore.urban?lnk=sg&hl=e
>>  n)  -  Mar 13 1992, 2:50 pm by Matthew P Wiener - 161
>>  messages - 112 authors ...
>>  ...
>>  _Head gasket advice needed_
>>  (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.tech/browse_thread/t
>>  hread/c7230597d32be6b8/1c9e1b6391452678?lnk=st&q="cheese+and+rice"
>>  &rnum=354&hl=en#1c9e1b6391452678)
>>  ...  surface treatment I described in my original post. Oh
>>  cheese and  rice, Mr.
>>  De Armond. I made my living rebuilding engines for several  ...
>>  _rec.autos.tech_
>>  (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.tech?lnk=sg&hl=en)
>>   - Dec  22 1989, 5:47 am by Galen J. Hekhuis - 13 messages - 9 authors
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