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'She went to sh!t and the hogs ate her.'

posted 15 years ago by TonyDood
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I love that line and use it sometimes, and knew adults who used it when I was a kid but I'm danged if I have any idea what it means! Also, "Mel, get a jack-job and a paper bag" (or whatever she says). I saw this with my brother when we were little kids, it was on cable and we just laughed at all the cursing even though we had no idea what it meant ("Mom turns tricks down at the Ramada Inn" lol). I only began to understand what a great movie it was when I grew up.

If anyone knows the meaning of those 2 lines I'd love to hear it...

Love is a naughty teenager who takes control of your feelings when you're asleep

[–] R-W-Watkins 15 years ago

I thought the line was, "...Get a jack-job in a paper bag..."--which would make more sense....

[–] TonyDood 15 years ago

God...does it? I'm sure you're right but I still don't get it...Ha ha ha...I'm really naive I guess...

Love is a naughty teenager who takes control of your feelings when you're asleep

[–] xylonian-1 15 years ago

Hummm....I thought "the hogs ate her" line was a play on "happier than a pig in sh!t" (????) Could be wrong....

"Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make Espresso."

[–] ecooper12 15 years ago

It's a reference to living in the country and going to the outhouse. You could have domesticated pigs, which will eat just about anything, or feral hogs, which will not only eat anything, but attack anything. So if you dawdle you're subject to become pig fodder.

[–] TonyDood 15 years ago

Hahahaha, awesome, thanks!

Love is a naughty teenager who takes control of your feelings when you're asleep

[–] xylonian-1 15 years ago

Yes, this sounds more like it....

"Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make Espresso."

[–] LightsCameraAction1 15 years ago

When Flo said "Mel, why don't you give yourself a jack job in a paper sack, and GET OFF MY BACK!", she REALLY meant "Mel...go *beep* yourself!"

Dianne Ladd said that she hated the hog line.

[–] TonyDood 15 years ago

Yeah, I sort of figured that was the *intention* of the line, ha ha, I just wondered what it meant exactly...I mean even Ellen Burstyn mouths it to herself as if confused. Maybe it's too explicit to discuss on imdb.com, haha (but not for a PG rated movie!)

And I wonder if Diane hated the hog line more than some of the outrageous things she did and said in "Wild At Heart," hmmm...

Love is a naughty teenager who takes control of your feelings when you're asleep

[–] Local Hero 15 years ago

I agree with the hogs explanation given above.

As for the line about the jack job, my sense of it is this: 'Mel, quit aggravating me! Why don't you go blow off your tension by finding a paper bag to masturbate into and leave me alone!'

Of course, putting it that way wouldn't have had the charm!

[–] TonyDood 15 years ago

That actually makes a modicum of sense, thanks. And it's wonderfully offensive...I wonder if between the cursing and the nasty-violent scene with Keitel this movie would even get a PG today...

Love is a naughty teenager who takes control of your feelings when you're asleep

[–] Local Hero 15 years ago

Then, of course, there was the tv sitcom, that took all these crass insults and distilled them into one vaguely-suggestive-but-actually-innocuous-and-even-meaningless catchphrase: "Mel, kiss my grits!"

[–] TonyDood 15 years ago

Yeah--never got that one either...my brother and I watched the show and thought it was OK but really liked the movie when it came on cable (we were probably 13 and 6 ). I bet most people who started with the show first thought that was "better" because it was bouncy and fluffy, but my brother and I really loved the movie more even though we were young, it was just...more to chew on...

Love is a naughty teenager who takes control of your feelings when you're asleep

[–] Local Hero 15 years ago

Well, I don't fit that pattern, but that's because I saw the two versions so many years apart. I grew up with the sitcom and that was all I knew. The tv show was mildly enjoyable mediocrity to my boyhood mind. I was vaguely aware of a very 70s-style, adult-relationship movie that the show was based on, but never had the chance (nor probably the desire) to see it.

Only today did I finally get around to watching the movie, and I think it is a great one-- certainly far superior to the tv show, but that's sort of like comparing a souffle to cheez whiz on crackers.

[–] TonyDood 15 years ago

Love is a naughty teenager who takes control of your feelings when you're asleep