Something Our Parents Would Say Up Your Nose With A Rubber Hose

Those old sayings. Who what where when and how? Some of those old sayings are not only ancient but still carry an impact today. One of them? Up your nose with a rubber hose.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Those old Saints, phrases, idioms, you know, the things your
family and friends usually would come up with, And it
came out of nowhere, and only sometimes they actually made sense. Well,
they had to start somewhere, right, who, well, where, why, when?
And how? Some of those old Saints are not only ancient,
but still carry a powerful punch today. I live by
one of those old saints. Winning is a choice. The

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goal of these episodes is to help preserve not only
a language, but lessons in life. My name is Arrow.
Up your nose with a rubber hose. The catch phrase
gained a lot of attention and fame in the nineteen
seventies on the television sitcom Welcome Back Cotter. It was
Vinnie Barberino, played by actor John Travolta, who shouted out,

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up your nose with a rubber hose. The phrase was
instantly picked up by comedians, other actors, professional poker players,
and nearly every school kid on the block. So where
did it actually come from? It has been written that
it's a sanitized version of the phrase up your hole
with a mellow roll? What a mellow roll? What's a

(01:02):
mellow roll? A mellow roll was a type of ice
cream that comes in a three inch long, one inch
diameter drum wrapped in peel away paper. It was designed
to be inserted into a specially designed cone. Up your
hole with a metal roll is looked upon as being offensive,
intended to be sexually suggestive, an insult, or a taunt. Well,

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up my nose with a rubber hose. Oh, by the way,
because it was being used so often by everyone on
the planet, it actually burned out very quickly, but still
remains iconic Intelligion history. Nostalgic means humor, up your nose
with a rubber hose, something our parents would say. My
name is Arrow.