[Ads-l] Katie bar the door

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Bill: Way back on July 18, 2011 you asked about the intriguing phrase
"that's the moose's problem" which appeared in "Stranger in a Strange
Land" and "Glory Road". I suppose neither would be considered one of
Heinlein's juvenile novels. Nevertheless, this note is designed to jog
your memory because the phrase might fall within the scope of your
project.

https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2011-July/110895.html

Here is a link to the QI article.

Quote Origin: That’s the Moose’s Problem
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/03/01/moose/

Garson

On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks much, Dave and Bonnie.
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> The context of my request is that I am collecting literary allusions in the juvenile novels of Robert A. Heinlein, and his 1949 novel Red Planet has a character saying "Maggie bar the door."  I was curious if it came from a poem or story of note.
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