MEL RUE

New Orleans Magazine | December 1, 2008| | Copyright

The phrase and the man

Owww, ya &$&# $&%& #$%#!"

- BLESSING BYSHADK TREE MECHANIC IN PEORIA. ILL, AFTER THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND SAID MECHANIC BUSTED HIS KNUCKLES. MECHANIC WAS ARRESTED FOR OBSCENITY.

"Owww, ya mutha rue!"

- BLESSING BY SHADE TREE MECHANIC IN THE LOWER 9TH WARD OF NEW ORLEANS. AFTER THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND SAID MECHANIC BUSTED IUS KNUCKLES. MECHANIC WASN'T ARRESTED BUT WAS MET WITH AN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM A FRIEND: -WHERE Y'AT. ANTNY? NEED SOME HELP WID DAT?"

You don't hear it as much anymore, but there was a time when few New Orleanians could get by without ...

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