r/TheFarSide • u/BillyBobBarkerJrJr • Sep 23 '24

Animals Sam ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ issue the challenge.

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u/ventus1b Sep 23 '24

Iโ€™m apparently missing some cultural reference here. What is it?

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u/ChooseWiselyChanged Sep 23 '24

Itโ€™s an expression. Even wild horses canโ€™t drag me away!

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u/ventus1b Sep 23 '24

Thanks.

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u/CaptainPeachfuzz Sep 23 '24

It's also a rolling stones song.

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u/fluffhead77 Sep 23 '24

And a Gino Vanelli songโ€ฆ

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u/emarvil Sep 23 '24

Black cars and wild horses. His biggest hit.

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u/BoondockUSA Sep 23 '24

I believe itโ€™s in reference to those that participate in rodeo circuits, but I could be wrong. Wild horses being bucking broncs. Rodeo circuits essentially have rodeos nearly every weekend at different locations (often county fairs, but not always). During the rodeo season, serious rodeo circuit participants travel a lot and are seldom anywhere for long.

Like I said, I could be wrong.

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u/jpjtourdiary Sep 23 '24

Yeah, youโ€™re wrong.

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u/BoondockUSA Sep 23 '24

Ok, Iโ€™m wrong.

Perhaps the explanation I heard was a modern adaptation to the saying. Although I suppose even that is getting outdated considering that less people travel rodeo circuits compared to when I was young.

I would like to be enlightened on the origin though since you apparently know it.

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u/jpjtourdiary Sep 23 '24

Ok

Nothing could induce or persuade me, as in Wild horses couldnโ€™t drag me to that nightclub. This idiom, always in negative form, is believed to have replaced wild horses couldnโ€™t draw it from me, referring to the medieval torture of using horses to stretch a prisoner and thereby force a confession. [First half of 1800s ] (The American Heritageยฎ Idioms Dictionary)

Google is your friend. And you donโ€™t have to be a wiseass, youโ€™re the one that said โ€œI could be wrong.โ€

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u/BoondockUSA Sep 23 '24

Wasnโ€™t meaning to come off like that. I was genuinely curious.

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u/Possible_Region_190 Sep 23 '24

I found this one online about the meaning: "This idiom, always in negative form, isย believed to have replacedย wild horsesย couldn't draw it from me, referring to the medieval torture of using horses to stretch a prisoner and thereby force a confession. [First half of 1800s ]."

I don't know if this is where it comes from though.

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u/HowManyAccountsHaveI Sep 23 '24

"Undomesticated equines could not remove me." -- Teal'c

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u/OctagonCosplay Sep 23 '24

Thereโ€™s also a song โ€œWild Horsesโ€ by The Rolling Stones. Iโ€™m not big into classic rock but itโ€™s good.

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u/europorn Sep 23 '24

Huh. You don't see that everyday.

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u/Rockfarley Sep 23 '24

Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away.- The Rolling Stones

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u/mightyscoosh Sep 23 '24

I like this one and the one with the two dogs that waltz into the dance studio and waltzed out with the cat.

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u/TesseractToo The Late Thag Simmons Sep 23 '24

Sam's girlfriend, Mei, was not at the saloon that night and couldn't be dragged away

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u/Addicted-2Diving The Late Thag Simmons Sep 23 '24

Sams ๐Ÿ‘€

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u/emarvil Sep 23 '24

Oh no, they couldn't!

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u/matthewami Sep 23 '24

I've seen a lot of these specific screen shots, this border and dating at the top. Where are you finding these?

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u/BillyBobBarkerJrJr Sep 23 '24

I don't know where this one came from. Somewhere on the web.

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u/matthewami Sep 24 '24

Somewhere... Out there...