Date:  Fri, 31 Mar 1995 07:45:46 -0500

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: ADS-L Digest - 28 Mar 1995



>Saw this on Bubba-L and thought y'all might know what to make of it.

>aholland.irss[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mhs.unc.edu

>

>... a book that I'm sure you know: Johnny Reb by Bell Irwin

>Wiley. In the chapter about how Confederate soldiers entertained

>themselves, he

>mentions the standing joke of soldiers shouting "here's your mule." I

>know this line from the song "Goober Peas." (When the farmer passes, the

>soldiers have a rule; to cry out at their loudest, "Mr., here's your

>mule.")

>What does the phrase mean? Mr. Wiley doesn't explain it, which makes me

>wonder if it is impolite



I once heard the expression "loping your mule" as meaning male masturbation.







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu