Yellow | The Fat Lady...

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How the hell did you get this picture of my wife? She is beautiful on the inside ( if you catch my drift).
 
HEY! why does it always have to be a fat lady?


I heard it in reference to Kate Smith many years ago as she sang at a Philidelphia Flyers playoff game but knew it had been around before.....

The somewhat Runyonesque dictum, "The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings," is attributed to Anonymous in The Columbia World of Quotations (1996), which compares it to "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched."


There are three basic possibilities for the origin of this phrase:


•Opera - the "fat lady" refers to the female diva, who was often large; many popular opera end with an aria, or solo, by this singer
•Southern Sayings - there is a popular saying from the US Deep South from about the same time as the sports saying - this one says "Church ain't over 'til the fat lady sings," and refers to a member of the church choir, which is often composed of several large ladies
•An actual "fat lady" - Kate Smith was a large woman who was very popular as a singer in the 1930s to 1950s (Irving Berlin wrote God Bless America for her); in the 1950s, Kate had her own TV show, which ended right before the station went off the air for the night - thus, the TV broadcast day was not over until this particular fat lady sang her closing song
No matter where it comes from, the saying means "you don't know how this is going to end until the final minute."
 
don't make fun

You guys shouldn't make fun of one of our newest board directors like that. Oh yeh. It's true. Say hello to one of the bond holders. Isn't she lovely? :shift:
 
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She is one of the finalists for the 2010 YRC Calendar Poster. Can't have that @$$ sitting on the hood of the tractor and pose. Might have to prop her @$$ up on the back of the tractor on one of those Roadway Jif-locks. She can sit on one 5th wheel, while her belly can flop out and hang over on the jif-5th wheel. :biglaugh:
 
Save the agitation of finding the spot and stick it in her belly button.. :biglaugh::biglaugh:[/QUOTE]

Shouldn't be hard to find, Me thinks that's it poking out from just under her dress line.:biglaugh:
 
She sang YRC is done I just read about it on the Fedex Freight page and I also heard from a guy that knows a guy who heard from some one at the top that it's over and those are facts.
 
You got to love them, the big ones, they are the best. Shade in the summer, warmth in the winter, it is like taking your soft and warm mattress with you anywhere you go. Lets face it, they will always be there to cook you a meal, and care for you. Lots of ways to make them happy, The ole song goes marry an ugly woman and be happy for the rest of your life. Man you can be happy for eternity. If the Fat lady, (and you should not call them Fat) has to sing, then I say both of them together on the mike. I know Wolf it would be a great turn own, but VWaggs has got first tabs on these two. Boy, Oh Boy you got to love them. imagine that!!!!!!!???????????, Got to go, It is time to take my meds. :clap:
 
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