On Mon, 17 May 2004 16:25:52 -0700, you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Howard Brazee" <howard at brazee.net> >To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> >Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:16 PM >Subject: RE: Brust Interview > > >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tim Owen [mailto:feetalsjeez at yahoo.com] >> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 9:18 AM >> To: dragaera at dragaera.info >> Subject: Re: Brust Interview >> >> >> My favorite part was the "I'm your Huckleberry" bit. Considering Steve's >> affinity for Val Kilmer's portrayal of Doc Holiday in Tombstone I'm pretty >> sure he answered the phone with: "I'm here Huckleberry." >> >> >> >> -Tim >> >> >> Occasionally Steve will use a literary reference that goes over my head. >I >> haven't seen Tombstone - what the heck does that mean? >> >> > >It means, as I understand, something like "I'm your man". It comes from >using a huckleberry as a unit of measurement: Just a huckleberry shy of blah >blah blah...turns into "yeah, that's the huckleberry" as in "that's what'll >do the job of completing the set" which turns into "I'm your huckleberry", >like "I'm the man that'll do the job you're looking to have done". > >I think. > >There're a couple of web pages that talk about this but I don't have links >to them anymore. > >Shawn > Here's one: http://home.earthlink.net/~knuthco1/Itemsofinterest1/huckleberrysource.htm