Huckleberry (was Brust Interview)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lazarus" <lazarus33pjf at cox.net>
To: "Shawn Burns" <s1burns at ucsd.edu>
Cc: <dragaera at dragaera.info>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: Huckleberry (was Brust Interview)


On Mon, 17 May 2004 16:25:52 -0700, you wrote:

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>----- 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
>
>
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>> -----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?
>>
>>
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>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

That's exacty the site I found last time I looked. Good on yer.

Shawn