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hold on to your corn-cob pipe

English translation: get ready to hear the shocking part

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English term or phrase:hold on to your corn-cob pipe
Selected answer:get ready to hear the shocking part
Entered by: RHELLER

00:20 May 2, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Married... With Children
English term or phrase: hold on to your corn-cob pipe
Marcy comes in to let Al know that she and her women's group will protest Kelly's doing a commercial for Ice Hole beer.

AL:
And since men buy beer, advertisers have to cater to what we want. And… ***hold onto your corn cob pipe***… we like pretty women. Ergo, pretty women sell good products. Ugly women sell… tennis rackets. Pretty women, cars. Ugly women, mini vans. Pretty women make us buy beer. Ugly women make us drink beer.

MARCY:
And if you were any more of a pig, kids would be putting coins in your back.

Thank you for your explanation.
Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 06:40
get ready to hear the shocking part...
Explanation:
http://www.herbalcantera.net/category/Corn_Cob_Pipes/c103

just an idiom, like hold onto your hat

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Note added at 25 mins (2007-05-02 00:45:46 GMT)
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And it was MINT. One tear in the fiberglass fender, but other than that, man it was nice. I bought it for -hold on to your corn cob pipe- 2000 bucks! ...
www.ford-trucks.com/forums/2398-regrets.html
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RHELLER
United States
Local time: 22:40
Grading comment
Thanks so much, Rita :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +14get ready to hear the shocking part...
RHELLER


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +14
get ready to hear the shocking part...


Explanation:
http://www.herbalcantera.net/category/Corn_Cob_Pipes/c103

just an idiom, like hold onto your hat

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Note added at 25 mins (2007-05-02 00:45:46 GMT)
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And it was MINT. One tear in the fiberglass fender, but other than that, man it was nice. I bought it for -hold on to your corn cob pipe- 2000 bucks! ...
www.ford-trucks.com/forums/2398-regrets.html

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 22:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Thanks so much, Rita :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Can Altinbay: Yup. I rather like Marcy's retort ;-) (Hi, Rita!)
10 mins
  -> Hi Can :-)
agree  NancyLynn
19 mins
  -> thanks, Nancy :-)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou: Hi, Rita! :-)
50 mins
  -> hi Vicky :-)
agree  KathyT
4 hrs
  -> thanks KathyT :-)
agree  Suzan Hamer
5 hrs
  -> Hello Suzan!
agree  kmtext
6 hrs
  -> thanks kmtext :-)
agree  Alison Jenner
7 hrs
  -> Hi Alison!
agree  Mark Nathan
8 hrs
  -> Hello Mark :-)
agree  jccantrell: Yes, but it is sarcastic as that part really isn't that shocking at all, if you know the series.
14 hrs
  -> you are right to point out the sarcasm - thanks
agree  Hakki Ucar
19 hrs
  -> thanks, Hakki :-)
agree  Alexandra Tussing
22 hrs
  -> thanks, Rusinterp !
agree  Kari Foster: Haven't seen the episode, but if the Ice Hole beer commercial happens to feature a snowman as well, Al might have chosen this expression with reference to Frosty the Snowman "with his corn cob pipe" etc. Just a long shot!
1 day 9 hrs
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
1 day 20 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
5 days
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