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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:45 PM Original message |
What do you think when you hear the description "Salt of the Earth Folks"? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Too much sodium in their diets??? - n/t |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
51. As a sodium-sensitive hypertensive, they are out to kill me! |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Rolling Stones |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Beat me to it... |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Yeah. I was gonna say "Beggar's Banquet." |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. What song is that? |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. "Salt of the Earth." The Stones. Concludes both Beggars' Banquet and... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I've seen parts of the Circus |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Let's not forget Jethro Tull... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. 4:53 that is Pete Townshend in the funny hat right in front of Mick and Keef |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. bunkerbuster 1 has the answer |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. High blood preassure? |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think of me |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think of the salt mines in Kansas - |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. I immediately think of |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. It a complement that is paid to people who, by the nature of it |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
57. +1 |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Godfather II |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. Depends on who is saying it |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wherever they go, everything dies. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. People not afraid to get their hands dirty, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Just another colloquialism used by the folks who deliver soundbytes |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. The great, at the time (1954) suppressed, true-story movie about a miner's strike |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. A few things. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think of "real Americans", "family values", "the heartland", and other such code words |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. +1... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. a la "real Americans" |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Unfortunately, that's how I think of it too. |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. Honestly, I get a mental picture from the movies Cold Mountain or Witness of the |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. One person's 'salt of the earth' |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. upper midwestern small town restaurant, old farmers sitting around gossiping and having coffee |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. Lots wife? n/t |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. The tiny anonymous grains that the rich sprinkle on their food as they gorge themselves |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's a nice thing to say about someone |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. I just jump in my limo and head to Starbucks for a latte. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. Salt Flavors things. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. pillars of salt and sodom n gomorrah? better watch your....salt content? nt |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. Straightforward |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. yeah, that's what I think of too |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
36. I think of the labor movie by the same name that was BANNED in the US |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Good to see others who know of this film- |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. actors were in the minority and mostly stuck out like sore thumbs. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 03:24 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Haven't seen it in many years; need to track down a copy and watch it again |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. Closet Kluxers! |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. Blazing Saddles... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:43 AM Response to Reply #39 |
54. The quote I'm thinking of... |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I could be wrong.... |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
40. I think of Studs Terkel. nt |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
41. I think of the farmers I grew up around |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. Carthago delenda est. nt |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Yep, that comes to my mind also. n/t |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
44. It means "People who work hard" to me |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
45. (pic) |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
48. Couple of things. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 03:25 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. And so by extension... |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
53. I prefer the Pepper of the Earth and the Brainland. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
55. I think of a line |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
56. I think of KFC who put a little chicken on their salt. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
59. Well preserved? |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
60. You know,shit-kickers. |
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