"Blue balls" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

So derivative, so incompletely developed.

ca1916 in Bill Gammage _The Broken Years_ (Canberra: Australian National U.
P.1974) 25:

Here's to the Kaiser, the son of a bitch,
May his balls drop off with the seven-year itch,
May his arse be pounded with a lump of leather
Till his arsehole can whistle Britannia for Ever".

JL

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> > When I was a freshman in high school, Harry Gleason, the asshole who
> > sat in front of me, used to use the just-for-the-hell-of-it phrase:
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> > "_Blue-balled_ bastard from Piss-Pot Creek"
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> > This, (9/1950) was the first time that I had heard "blue balls" or any
> > of its variations, combinations, permutations, or probabilities. The
> > phrase, in that context or any other, meant nothing to me and
> > continued to mean nothing till ca.1991.
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> Didn't you see "Full Metal Jacket" (1987)?  With the cadence:
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> "Ho Chi Minh was a son-of-a-bitch
> Got the blue balls, crabs and the seven year itch."
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> Gunnery Sergeant Hartman is my hero.  I am waiting for the day I can
> call someone a "slimy little communist shit, twinkle-toed cocksucker" or
> "unorganized grabastic pieces of amphibian shit".  I'll do it, though,
> "IF IT SHORT-DICKS EVERY CANNIBAL ON THE CONGO!".
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