"Who-shot-John"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/22/2012 05:43 AM, Margaret Lee wrote:
>When I was growing up (western VA), "Who shot John" meant what is
>today referred to as "drama."  In a situation where there
>was  physical or verbal confrontation,  hyped emotions, etc., elders
>would say that there was a lot of "Who shot John."

In 1980, of course, that became "Who shot John Ross?"

>  ________________________________ From: Wilson Gray
> <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Sent: Tuesday,
> February 21, 2012 8:00 PM Subject: "Who-shot-John"   Among black
> East Texans, if it appeared that you had showered with your clothes
> on and then rolled on the ground to get dry, someone might exclaim,
> upon seeing you, "You look like who-shot-John!" -- -Wilson -----
> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange
> complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain ------------------------------------------------------

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