Where does "if you step on a crack you break your mothers back ",come from?
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It was a silly song made up by kids for kids while they were playing.
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The phrase is Cellar Door. It's from the movie Donnie Darko, which is one of my favorites.
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The others are correct with their answers, however there is another version as well that I have heard.\nHere are the lyrics for the 'long' version and the 'short' version is below.\n\nSometimes some crimes\nGo slippin' through the cracks\nBut these two gumshoes\nAre pickin' up the slack\n\nThere's no case too big, no case too small\nWhen you need help just call\n\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nRescue Rangers\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nWhen there's danger\n\nNo no, it never fails\nOnce they're involved\nSomehow whatever's wrong get solved\n\nFresh prints, not since\nWatson and Mr. Holmes\nHave two minds so fine\nLooked under every stone\n\nWhen you need some help to save the day\nThey're never far away\n\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nRescue Rangers\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nWhen there's danger\n\nNo no, it never fails\nOnce they're involved\nSomehow whatever's wrong get solved\n\nGrey skies; It's trouble \nBad guys see double \nWhen they're around \nThe chips are never down\n\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nRescue Rangers\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nWhen there's danger\n\nNo no, it never fails\nThey'll take the clues\nAnd find the wheres and whys and whos\n\nThe 'short' version (tv) is as follows:\n\nSometimes some crimes\nGo slippin' through the cracks\nBut these two gumshoes\nAre pickin' up the slack\n\nThere's no case too big, no case too small\nWhen you need help just call\n\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nRescue Rangers\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nWhen there's danger\n\nNo no, it never fails\nOnce they're involved\nSomehow whatever's wrong get solved\n\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nRescue Rangers\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nWhen there's danger\n\nNo no, it never fails\nThey'll take the clues\nAnd find the wheres and whys and whos\n\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nRescue Rangers\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale\nWhen there's danger\n\nCh-ch-ch-Chip 'n Dale
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My dad always referenced it as "come see, come saw". Kind of an early version of "been there, done that".
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I believe it's a drug reference...think of "Pass the Duchy".,,the rasta song from the '80's.
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I dont know really.  I guess its self explanatory.  It's from Adam Sandler's The Goat Song if thats what you are asking.
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It came from the slang phrase "grow a back bone".
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it comes from the fruit "baneberry" which was a poisonous fruit given to enemies in old England.\nThe actual expression is "bane of my life", meaning "he will be the death of me.
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It's actually refering to Chrissy Hynde, the leader of the Pretenders, and allegedly a pioneer in punk rock music.  \n\nWhen she said "Chrissy behind", it was just Peaches' clever way of making it transition into the next line.  (I'm sure there's some linguistic term for that, but I don't know.)  \n\nCool song.  Personally, Chrissy Hynde's ass is a bit skinny for my liking.  But she's still pretty hot.
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"they're gonna send you back to mother in a cardboard box!  You better run!"\n\n- "Run like Hell", Pink Floyd
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BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE -- From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" (1996): "Between a rock and a hard place. Forced to choose between two unpleasant options. The expression originated in the early twentieth century in the United States. It usually follows 'to be caught'." \n\nThe "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Fact on File, New York, 1997) says "the expression was probably born in Arizona during a financial panic early in this century."
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The gravity from your mom (Mother Earth)
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truthfully, this song originates from a kid by the name of Carl Brown, Jr. He picked up a peanut on the road one day and just started singing about it. He ended up eating it and it killed him. His father played it for him at the kids funeral and his uncle's brother in law who was head of a major record deal of childerens songs immedietly fell in love with the song.
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It means that the the speaker is fearful of a rumored threat, and (as others have pointed out) comes from the classic Wizard of Oz.\n\nThere was no "song" accompanying this quote, though Dorothy, Tin Man, and Scarecrow chanted it rhythmically as they proceeded through the Spooky Forest (I'd turn back if I were you).
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It's a lyric from ,"Give Me One Reason", by Tracy Chapman\nMy favorite song. If you like her, you should also listen to "Fast Car".
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Is this a question or an educational lecture? In 1983 my doctor told me that cracking your joints is just the sound of air bubbles being released and causes no harm (much to my mother's disgust - she was hoping the doctor would tell me to stop!) I don't know if this is true but I was grateful at the time.
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It's probably from Aesop's Fables. That's where most quotes like that come from.