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Speaker 1: Those old Saints, phrases, idioms, you know, the things your

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family and friends usually would come up with, And it

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came out of nowhere, and only sometimes they actually made sense. Well,

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they had to start somewhere, right, who, well, where, why, when?

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And how? Some of those old Saints are not only ancient,

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but still carry a powerful punch today. I live by

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one of those old saints. Winning is a choice. The

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goal of these episodes is to help preserve not only

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a language, but lessons in life. My name is Arrow.

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Up your nose with a rubber hose. The catch phrase

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gained a lot of attention and fame in the nineteen

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seventies on the television sitcom Welcome Back Cotter. It was

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Vinnie Barberino, played by actor John Travolta, who shouted out,

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up your nose with a rubber hose. The phrase was

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instantly picked up by comedians, other actors, professional poker players,

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and nearly every school kid on the block. So where

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did it actually come from? It has been written that

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it's a sanitized version of the phrase up your hole

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with a mellow roll? What a mellow roll? What's a

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mellow roll? A mellow roll was a type of ice

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cream that comes in a three inch long, one inch

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diameter drum wrapped in peel away paper. It was designed

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to be inserted into a specially designed cone. Up your

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hole with a metal roll is looked upon as being offensive,

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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,

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because it was being used so often by everyone on

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the planet, it actually burned out very quickly, but still

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remains iconic Intelligion history. Nostalgic means humor, up your nose

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with a rubber hose, something our parents would say. My

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name is Arrow.