"Blue balls" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Variants of the Aussie WWI curse, from WWII through Iraq War:

http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/drinkingsongs/html/recitations/short-r
ecitations/toasts/great-toasts/curses/index.htm


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> 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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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> > > Behalf Of Wilson Gray
> > > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 12:37 AM
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> > > Subject: "Blue balls"
> > >
> > >
> > > 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:
> > >
> > > "_Blue-balled_ bastard from Piss-Pot Creek"
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Didn't you see "Full Metal Jacket" (1987)?  With the cadence:
> >
> > "Ho Chi Minh was a son-of-a-bitch
> > Got the blue balls, crabs and the seven year itch."
> >
> > 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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