"A BB in a box car"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I first heard the "BB in a boxcar" line in 1974-1975 from a fellow grad
student from, I think, Newburgh, N.Y.:

"So dumb his/her brain rattles around in his/her skull like a BB in a
boxcar."


JL

On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> I enjoyed the following, from an email list.  Are there analogs?
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> If you multiplied my interest in indexing the peerage by the speed of light
>  and dropped it into a peanut shell, it would rattle around in there like a
> BB in  a boxcar.
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> Joel
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