on 4/6/06 6:18 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I always knew that "pie hole" was willytex's line but I thought >> that "go figure" was his, too... > > I think Willytex stole it from Barry. > > BTW, I looked up "pie hole" but couldn't find much. It > seems to be a variant on the British "cake hole." > Apparently the Oxford English Dictionary credits Stephen > King, of all people, for inventing it. At least, the > first known use in print is from "Christine." > > Other than that, I doubt there's much to be explained > about it. At some point, somebody thought of "Shut yer > cake hole" as a clever way to say "Shut yer mouth" and > sound even more insulting, and others picked it up. Robert De Niro uses it a lot (and obnoxiously) in this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108330/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
