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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:06:03 PM EDT
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A "huckleberry" was nineteenth-century slang for a person who was "a perfect fit" for a particular situation. If you needed someone really strong, for example, to lift an oxcart off your brother's legs, and Hercules happened to come walking along, you'd say he was a huckleberry.
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:15:00 PM EDT
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"You're a daisy if you do."
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:18:24 PM EDT
[#3]
they used that line in Wyatt Earp
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:18:48 PM EDT
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"Say when..."
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:18:52 PM EDT
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Just sounds gay to me. I don't know why. I am sure the original meaning was far from it though.
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:19:28 PM EDT
[#6]
mmmmm. tombstone goodness.
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:22:16 PM EDT
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"The stress was more than he could bear."
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:23:51 PM EDT
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"If I was no longer your friend, I do not think I could bear it."
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:24:31 PM EDT
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Maybe poker just isn't your game Ike. I know, lets have a spelling contest.
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:31:07 PM EDT
[#10]
Try GOOGLE 
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:34:05 PM EDT
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A "huckleberry" is one of the pallbearers at your funeral.
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:38:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:39:30 PM EDT
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There is a member named Huckleberry?
You could ask him Huckleberry Active Stats Communication Post Count :: 24 Posts Per Day :: 0.04 Last Login Date :: 10/29/2006 8:51:01 PM PST Last Post Date :: 10/29/2006 9:18:21 PM PST Email :: [ Send Email ] Instant Messenger :: [ Send IM ] ICQ :: AIM :: Yahoo :: Windows Messenger :: Information Title :: Member Member Since :: 3/13/2005 Team Member :: No Location :: NY, USA This was his last post I think
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:43:33 PM EDT
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i think the term might arise from Mark Twain's tom saywer and huckleberry finn characters.
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:44:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:48:32 PM EDT
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I actually dated two different women who named their boys Huckleberry.
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Posted: 10/30/2006 2:51:46 PM EDT
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You sure it wasn't Brokeback Mountain? 
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Posted: 10/30/2006 3:11:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/30/2006 3:42:19 PM EDT
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In these parts, a Huckleberry is a local term for the hillbillies. I live very near a lovely patch of hovels known as Huckleberryland in their honor.
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Posted: 10/30/2006 3:46:28 PM EDT
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I was called "Huckleberry" by a Bellsouth operator just yesterday.
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Posted: 10/30/2006 3:51:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/30/2006 3:58:01 PM EDT
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Seriously, she called me "Huckleberry". |
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Posted: 10/30/2006 4:02:09 PM EDT
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Here's a few lines that come to mind:
"I stand corrected Wyatt, you are an Oak" "Why Johnny Ringo! You look like someon just walked over your grave!" "Indeed sir, the last charge of Wyatt Earp and his immortals!" And my all time favorite: "You're so drunk, you can't hit nothin', in fact you're probly seeing double!" " I have two guns. One for each of ya!" |
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Posted: 10/30/2006 4:03:49 PM EDT
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Doc Holliday is probably one of the most bad-ass movie characters of all time. |
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Posted: 10/30/2006 4:03:59 PM EDT
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I feel insulted when someone calls me 'Bubba'
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Posted: 10/30/2006 4:04:14 PM EDT
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"Nocturna...You know, Frederick fuqqing Chopin."
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Posted: 10/30/2006 10:32:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/30/2006 10:35:16 PM EDT
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I Beg ti differ...Play for blood.
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Posted: 10/30/2006 10:40:00 PM EDT
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NO NO NO NO!!!!! Best line in the movie: Well........................................ bye. |
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Posted: 10/30/2006 11:22:33 PM EDT
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The first responder got it right. |
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Posted: 10/30/2006 11:51:37 PM EDT
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"You smell that, Bill? Smells like someone died."
[Rick James] Cold-blooded!!! [/Rick James] |
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Posted: 10/31/2006 1:37:26 AM EDT
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I swear to Christ, when I left my old department. I cleared out all of my stuff... I had a couple of items laying by the door on a table, I stopped picked up those items, looked around the room, tipped my hat and said "Well... Good evening then"..
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Posted: 10/31/2006 2:25:06 AM EDT
[#33]
I hurt myself laughing at that. I have a headache now. |
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Posted: 10/31/2006 2:46:03 AM EDT
[#34]
Nope, the term Huckleberry inspired Huck Finn. Read the posted link. |
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Posted: 10/31/2006 9:34:38 AM EDT
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I need to get them to use that line as a stage starter when I'm at the next SASS meet. |
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Posted: 10/31/2006 9:52:48 AM EDT
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In this particular instance, Doc Holiday was confronting a cowboy that wanted to kill Wyatt Earp. Basically, the other guy was looking for a fight. When Doc said 'I'm your huckleberry', he was saying 'I'll fight you'. |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 11:25:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/1/2006 11:47:23 PM EDT
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"We started a game we never got to finish"
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Posted: 11/2/2006 12:31:33 AM EDT
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What'd you call her for???  Maybe you were 'just what she needed...' |
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Posted: 11/2/2006 3:49:19 AM EDT
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Val Kilmer's portrayal was an intense and inspired portrayal of the real life Dr John Henry Holliday http://www.americanwest.com/pages/docholid.htm Dr Holliday, a dentist, was indeed a small-framed, educated and intelligent Southern man with tuberculosis. He was going to die soon anyway and placed himself in dangerous situations without regard to whether he would survive or not. |
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Posted: 11/2/2006 4:04:22 AM EDT
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The phrase has ties to Arthurian lore. A Knight, coming to the service of a damsel would lower his lance and receive a huckleberry garland from the lady (or kingdom) he would be defending. Therefore, "I am your huckleberry" may well have the meaning "I am your champion."
eta--- that was from a google search result. I lay no claim to truth! |
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Posted: 11/2/2006 4:35:15 AM EDT
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From the first posted definition:
Seems to me, to be a person's huckleberry you are the person they need to help them equal a persimmon. Is there any truth to Doc Holiday taking Wyatt's place against Ringo? |
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Posted: 11/2/2006 4:43:07 AM EDT
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