up up and the uncola

[joeallonby]

on 5/11/03 12:29 PM, Terrance at lycidas2 at earthlink.net wrote:

> 
> 
> Otto wrote:
>>>> learned a new word: dead-on: den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen
>>>> 
>>>> Otto
> 
> What do you think about the number 7 in _1984_, Otto?
> 
> 
> Dead on. Do we say "spot-on" in the USA. We do say "right on." In fact,
> "right on" as in "right on brother" is one of my favorites.
> 
> My wife asked me about "up"  recently. We were in a restaurant and I
> asked the waiter if we could "settle up" (pay the bill). My wife asked
> me about "sit up" (as in "sit up straight young lady or you'll have no
> desert after diner") and "sit up" the popular exercise that is said to
> give one a "six-pack" shape to the abdominal. Get up, stand up, stand up
> for your rights. Don't give up the fight. I met up with him at the
> library.
> I'm fed up with your behavior young lady. It was a set up. Set up like a
> bowling pin and knocked down. When playing cards. we say, Anty-up, by
> which we mean, put up your money if you're playing. In the gin mill
> (bar, pub, drinking establishment) we say, belly-up to the bar, by which
> we mean, come have a drink. Put up or shut up.
> 
> I ain't lookin' to block you up
> Shock or knock or lock you up,
> Analyze you, categorize you,
> Finalize you or advertise you.
> All I really want to do
> Is, baby, be friends with you.
> 
> 
> 
> Right on, Otto

Who's up? What's up? Batter up! Knocked up! I guess it's comin' down. What's
going on?