Can anyone tell me...

Posted by Rex Nihlio on January 31, 2003

In Reply to: Can anyone tell me... posted by Fort Briscoe on January 30, 2003

: : My father is fond of useing the expression "****ting in tall cotton." to describe someone who has it easy or is "on top of the game".

: : Could anyone tell me the origin of this phrase?

: From the Texas cotton fields, "tall cotton" derived from a wet spring, hot and dry summer, and maximum plant growth and boll yield, hence, "tall cotton" stood well for a good harvest and money in the bank. To defecate in "tall cotton" would be tantamount to wiping one's arse with a hundred-dollar bill. Did your Dad ever use the phrase "fair to middlin'?"

Thanks.

He never used "fair to middlin'", being a yankee and all. :) Don't know where he would have pick up the other, but I guess things have a traveling.

Thanks again.