Comments on: It snowed last night. I got lucky last month. What's the deal with his handbasket?

Question: It snowed last night. I got lucky last month. What's the deal with his handbasket?

es_de_bah — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:40:11 -0800

Where is this line from? "I've seen some weather. I've had some intercourse. I don't know where I'm going."

I remember writing down the quote, and that it was either about country music (used to sum up the basic themes of the genre) or an actual song lyric. Any ideas?

I know I'm reaching here, but I've brought some pretty obscure, half-formed inklings here before and you guys have always come through, so I figured it was worth a shot.

I'll by the first person who can crack it a drink. Honest!

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:41:48 -0800

Alert readers will notice that I misspelled "buy." This was actually intentional, as it renders the promise non-binding.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:24:37 -0800

"Where are we going, and what's with this handbasket?" is attributed to George Carlin - is he the person you're thinking of?

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:36:29 -0800

James Taylor's Fire and Rain kinda sorta fits:
I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought I'd see you again Now I'm walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun Lord knows when the cold wind blows, it'll turn your head around There's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the the ground

By: PercussivePaul

PercussivePaul — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:50:28 -0800

Well, I tried googling the lyrics, but all I kept getting was weather reports for Intercourse, PA.

By: RustyBrooks

RustyBrooks — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:32:01 -0800

I tried googling and all I got was *this askme question*. That's some fast indexing.

Are these remembered lyrics or did you actually write them down at the time.

Also, is the title the lyric you're after, or the bit in quotes in the message? Or both? That is, are you looking for
"It snowed last night. I got lucky last month. What's the deal with his handbasket?"
or
"I've seen some weather. I've had some intercourse. I don't know where I'm going."
or both?

By: suki

suki — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:41:48 -0800

I think I said that about 15 years ago while doing a walk of shame.

By: unknowncommand

unknowncommand — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:54:23 -0800

Ha, I was going to say what boo_radley said. Or "My Girl" by the Temptations. Or "Here comes the rain again" by the Eurythmics.

By: krautland

krautland — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:57:15 -0800

I'll by the first person who can crack it a drink. Honest!
there is a funny hidden in this line. te-he-hee.

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:59:02 -0800

the line i'm looking for is "i've seen some weather. i've had some intercourse. i don't know where i'm going."

The title was just me being a geek.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:24:26 -0800

wait, that's a verbatim quote? Eeesh, good luck, man.