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Thread #59418 Message #1386402
Posted By: Tweed
23-Jan-05 - 04:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
No, no, no....I beg to differ with that explanation as it is obviously too well thought out and researched beyond comprehension.
The cry of "E-voe" actually originated during early bronze age Britain when early Brits first took to the sea in boats of animal skins.
These people would first paint themselves blue and then head for the ocean, thinking the blue paint would camoflage their bodies from the French Royal Navy (during the reign of Neo-lithic King Pepin LeGros). The hapless sailors, thinking themselves to be invisible, would row head on towards the French fleet, screaming at the top of their lungs:
EEEEEE....VOE ME HEARTY'S, EEEEEEEEEEEV....OOOOOOOHHHH!!!
Of course, the French, being somewhat further advanced at that time, were able to detect the attack by using binoculars and telescopes (bronze), developed by famed Parisian Mayor and High Sheriff, Galileo. These instruments were very well designed and allowed the lookouts to actually view the savages even while they were still on dry land applying "camoflage" paint to themselves!! The lookout would call down from his post, "I have the Blues, I have the Blues, Blues is coming!!" And then the rout commenced as soon as the skin boats came into range of the French cannons (also bronze).
It was only a matter of time before "EEE..VOE" became the now familiar, "HEAVE HO", a phrase still in use today during tug of war games. Also, it was not long until Memphis Slim moved to Paris to play his style of music for the nation who first identified themselves as being somewhat blues oriented.
I certainly hope this clarifies your query, my dear Bee-Dubya, and will aslo quell any notions held by some here at Mudcat, obv my being a drooling half-witted idiot.
Regards,
Tweed