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Tall, moustachioed alcoholic - plays firewood with a bow.

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God is a word and the argument ends there

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Alas, not actually Gryff Rhys Jones...

"Little Jack Horner sitting on the corner
With no shoes and clothes
This aint funny, but he took his money
And sniffed it up his nose"

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Alas, not actually Gryff Rhys Jones...

"Little Jack Horner sitting on the corner
With no shoes and clothes
This aint funny, but he took his money
And sniffed it up his nose"

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God is a word and the argument ends there

Yeah I just searched for the phrase and the first thing I found was this:

which refutes the racists slant.

I'm skeptical of revisionist takes on phrases. They mean whan they mean right now to the people using them.

Ask a bunch of 14 year olds what gay means. Then ask as bunch of octogenarians.

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I remember when this first blew up. after much a broo-ha-ha, the general consensus seemed to be that there was no basis for this claimed origin.
For the authoritative verdict on what the nitty gritty is, we must, of course, turn to Shirley Ellis:

Everybody's asking what the nitty gritty
The nitty gritty's anything you want it to be
Just stir it up from the soul
And when it starts to fizz
That's what the nitty gritty is
That's what the nitty gritty is, listen

There's a nitty gritty way of talking
Boom bop boom... the nitty gritty
There's a nitty gritty way of walking
Boom de boom boom...

There's a nitty gritty way of sounding
Ooh, ooh, ooh
There's a nitty gritty way of sounding
Boom digga boom... tell the beat

Some people think the nitty gritty's a dance
You think it's a dance, do the nitty gritty
Come on and do the nitty gritty
Come on and dance the nitty gritty


There's a nitty gritty way of saying
Boom bop boom... the nitty gritty
There's a nitty gritty way of playing
Do do do dooda...

There's a nitty gritty way of oohing
Ooh, ooh, ooh
There's a nitty gritty way of doing
Boom digga boom... tell the beat

Gotta say and call it, taking care of biz
That's what the nitty gritty is

That's really what the nitty gritty is
That's what the nitty gritty is, listen

That's what the nitty gritty is
That's what the nitty gritty is
Really what the nitty gritty is, listen

That's what the nitty gritty is

[ Shirley Ellis Lyrics are found on www.getlyrics.com ]

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Curmudgeonly Rock 'n' Roll time traveller from ye olden days

2nd verse same as the 1st...

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Alas, not actually Gryff Rhys Jones...

"Little Jack Horner sitting on the corner
With no shoes and clothes
This aint funny, but he took his money
And sniffed it up his nose"

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Reason and rationality may be pursuing us, but we are faster.
Wittgenstein Blog: http://lwpi.blogspot.com/