[Ads-l] Let's blow this pop stand / Let's blow this popsicle stand

[Steven Losie]

"LET'S BLOW THIS POP STAND" / "LET'S BLOW THIS POPSICLE STAND"

No entry in the OED. Green's Dictionary of Slang has an entry, with "Blow
this garage" dating to 1967-68, but with "blow this pop stand" dated to
1984, and "blow this popsicle stand" to 1996. RHDAS has "pop stand" from
1974, and "popsicle stand" from 1980.

Here are earlier attestations, the first not in the standard format, so
maybe a precursor:

[begin quote]
Don't blow the pop stand, it's against the law.
[end quote]
Source: [Advertisement] "Steve Claytor's Any Way You Want It". Kokomo
(Indiana) Tribune, 13 March 1966, p.25, col.1 (newspapers.com)
Link:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/44715831/?terms=%22blow%20this%20pop%20stand%22


[begin quote]
If you should someday happen to hear someone mutter, "Let's blow this
Popsicle stand," you'll know it's none other than Diane Kent. She's always
coming up with a catchy remark. Ask those who've caught it!
[end quote]
Source: "Senior Review". The Guthrian (Guthrie Center, Iowa), 5 December
1966, p.7, col.4 (newspapers.com)
Link: https://www.newspapers.com/image/32177545/


[begin quote]
As for us, we are going to plait our old press ribbons in our saucy curls
and blow this pop stand.
[end quote]
Source: "Republican committee closes up". The Independent (Richmond, Cal.),
4 April 1973, p.17, col.1 (newspapers.com)
Link:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1034670665/?terms=%22blow%20this%20pop%20stand%22

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