1. I never said that it was
I who misheard the Zep and Stones' lyrics.
2. Yeah, I know what Home Fry is. It's a buddy of your's who's diminutive. Same as Small Fry but with affection. I just didn't think that We'd have Stephen Hawking saying that. I just
KNEW I was mishearing, but I guess I wasn't.
3. I too am familiar with Home Chicken, Home Boy, and Home Slice.
4. I once saw a killer sketch on Mad TV in which the all the behind-the-scenes shapers of black culture were called to an emergency meeting. The leader said "we've got to come up with a new catch phrase. I heard President Bush (Sr.) say that something was "the bomb" last night on TV." The whole group just explodes with anger. Various characters said thinks like "White people keep taking our culture," "Dang, "the bomb" only lasted one year!" and "White kids pick up stuff fast, but when old and uncool white people pick it up, we gotta make a change."
The leader pops back in and said in a black-preacher mode:
"Well, we started with 'All That',"
uh-huh
"and then we had to go to "'all that and a bag of chips'"
yep
"and then "'the bomb'."
amen
"So any new ideas?"
Someone said, "Well what's bigger than 'the bomb?'"
Another: "I know! 'The Missle!' 'Man, that new song by Puff Daddy is "the missle."
"No, that's cheesy."
"Here's an idea: The H-Bomb."
"No, we should use "the bomb and a bag of chips."
Then the leader came back in and said very proffesorially, "We are going about this the wrong way. We need to change gears. Think destruction on a global scale."
"A-Bomb"
"No, Ebola."
They went nuts "this is the greatest one yet!" kind of thing.
Someone said, "This new fruit flavored drink is 'the ebola!'"
Leader guy: "No, just plain ebola. For example: "Man, her booty is ebola."
Roars of applause. "I'll get my people on it." and "It'll be on Jay-Z's new record that's out in two weeks." etc.
It was freaking hilarious.
OK, another misheard lyric.
My dad used to think "Faithfully" by Journey said "We all need the clowns to make us laugh." It's make us smile.