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Faygo Kid

(21,478 posts) Wed May 15, 2013, 07:01 PM May 2013

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In honor of Louie "Asparagus" Gohmert

Another vegetable reference from a movie character ALMOST as crazy as Gohmert.

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In honor of Louie "Asparagus" Gohmert (Original Post) Faygo Kid May 2013 OP

Actually, "casting asperagus" is an old malaprop used by a comic way back... HooptieWagon May 2013 #1

It goes waaay back. trusty elf May 2013 #2

Norm Crosby? Doc_Technical May 2013 #3

The only attribute I could find was Curley of Three Stooges. HooptieWagon May 2013 #4

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

1. Actually, "casting asperagus" is an old malaprop used by a comic way back...

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Wed May 15, 2013, 08:47 PM

May 2013

Can't remember comic's name, but my childhood dentist used to repeat that line.

trusty elf

(7,402 posts)

2. It goes waaay back.

Reply to HooptieWagon (Reply #1)

Thu May 16, 2013, 06:09 AM

May 2013

Last edited Thu May 16, 2013, 09:13 AM - Edit history (1)

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Doc_Technical

(3,527 posts)

3. Norm Crosby?

Reply to HooptieWagon (Reply #1)

Thu May 16, 2013, 10:20 AM

May 2013

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=norm+cros&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADRA_enUS370US370&q=norm+crosby+quotes&gs_l=hp..2.0l5.0.0.0.9441...........0.e5UKjWe2slM

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

4. The only attribute I could find was Curley of Three Stooges.

Reply to Doc_Technical (Reply #3)

Thu May 16, 2013, 11:57 AM

May 2013

I think its older than that...Jack Benny, maybe? It sounds like depression-era humor.

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