Hit a bull in the butt with a banjo; Spit & holler "Howdy!"

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“He couldn’t hit a bull in the butt with a banjo”
 
"He couldn’t hit a bull in the butt with a banjo” is said about someone who’
s  drunk, or an athlete who isn’t having a good day. It’s not certain if this 
 phrase originated in Texas. 


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From:  Kenneth R. Gilder  
Date:  Sun, Jun 2 1996 12:00 am 

Then again, it’s not the gun -  it’s the player behind the gun, and there 
are people who play this game that  could have the finest barrel made, and still 
couldn’t hit a bull in the butt  with a banjo. 

13 April 1971, Washington Post, “Proxmire Seeks Cut  in Arms Spending” by 
George C. Wilson, pg. A16: 
Navy Aircraft Carriers—In  war, he said, they would be as easy to hit as a “
bull in the butt with a bass  fiddle.” 

5 December 1971, Washington Post, “The U.S. Navy Fighter  Jet That Shot 
Itself Down, and Other Pentagon Lemons” by Sen. William Proxmire,  pg. 242: 
As one senator said: “It is as easy to knock them out as it is to  hit a bull 
in the butt with a bass fiddle.” 

27 December 1975, Lincoln  (Neb.) Star, pg. 11: 
Dan Kush, a 5-9, 175-pound junior, kicked field  goals of 27, 33 and 29 yards 
just 24 hours after his father claims “he couldn’t  hit a bull in the butt 
with a handful of popcorn. 

27 September 1998,  North Hills News Record (Warrendale, PA), pg. B1: 
Kordell Stewart.  This guy couldn’t hit a bull in the butt with a banjo. He’
s constantly throwing  into coverage. The Stillers aren’t gonna win with this 
guy. 

Uncle  John’s Bathroom Reader 
Plunges Into Texas 
by The Bathroom  Readers’ Hysterical Society 
San Diego, CA: Portable Press 
2004 
Pg.  251 (The Texas Phrase Book): 
About someone who’s staggering drunk:  
“He couldn’t hit a bull in the butt with a banjo.”  
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“Quicker than you can spit and holler ‘Howdy!‘“
 
"Quicker than you can spit and holler ‘Howdy!’” is very fast. It’s not 
known  if this phrase originated in Texas. 


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The Old -Time Cowhand 
by Ramon F. Adams 
1948, 1949,  1951, 1954, 1959, 1960, and 1961 
Originally published: New York: Macmillan,  1961 
First Bison Book Printing: 1989 
Pg. 35: 
If they’d been able to  understand the words, more’n likely they’d quit the 
bedground quicker’n you  could spit and holler howdy. 

16 December 1955, Atkinson (KS) Daily  Globe, pg. 4: 
Like Grandpa Sandy says, “Before I could spit and holler  howdy, it was gone.”
 

Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader 
Plunges  Into Texas 
by The Bathroom Readers’ Hysterical Society 
San Diego,  CA: Portable Press 
2004 
Pg. 157 (Cowboy Talk): 
“Quicker ‘n you  can spit ‘n holler ‘Howdy!’” 
Very fast.  

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