Talk:Road to Europe

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[edit] a baby’s arm holding an apple

I believe this term was popularized (and may have originated) from a circa 1960 Lenny Bruce routine that ended up in his book How to Talk Dirty and Influence People (ISBN 0-67-175108-5) — Bruce attributes the term to one of his mother's neighbors, who could have been repeating something she had heard elsewhere. The Bruce text:

Filipinos come quick; colored men are build abnormally large ("Their wangs look like a baby's arm with an apple in its fist"); ladies with short hair are Lesbians; if you want to keep your man, rub alum on your pussy.

Such bits of erotic folklore were related daily to my mother by Mrs. Janesky ...

You can find this quote in the book's description (and the excerpt) at Amazon.

The earliest use I've seen of this exact wording Stuey uses was on The Tubes's song "What Do You Want From Life", from their eponymous 1975 album.

I would guess the joke (on Family Guy) is that the rhythm and syntax of that phrase sound plausibly British to american ears. That aside, I don't consider the slang use of this term especially British (supporting link given in prior version: [1]), but I wouldn't know first-hand. I certainly hear it used in american vernacular. – edgarde 19:11, 24 September 2006 (UTC) (updated 21:16, 25 September 2006 (UTC))