I have'nt come up the thames on a banana boat
Posted by Brian from Shawnee on October 10, 2006
In Reply to: I have'nt come up the thames on a banana boat posted by Smokey Stover on October 10, 2006
: : : : "I have'nt come up the thames on a banana boat you know" What does this mean?
: : : Similar, I'm guessing to: I didn't just come to town on a pumpkin (turnip) wagon. I'm not just a farmboy who is new to the big city.
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: : And the same as 'I didn't just float up the Liffey on a lily pad'.
: : DFG
: I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
: SS
"I was born at night, but I wasn't born last night." Best said with a Southern U.S. accent.