tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post112117490145180901..comments2023-09-19T10:00:29.637-04:00Comments on The Velvet Blog: Rove, Rove, Rove your boat, gently up the riverJim Donahuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-1121449394848678942005-07-15T13:43:00.000-04:002005-07-15T13:43:00.000-04:00If I were asked the direction this administration ...If I were asked the direction this administration has been taking this country, it would be up a river in a leaky boat. Oh, Lord, we're goin' down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-1121275932575791772005-07-13T13:32:00.000-04:002005-07-13T13:32:00.000-04:00"Rove, Rove, Rove your boat, gently up the river"i..."Rove, Rove, Rove your boat, gently up the river"<BR/><BR/>it's kind of hard to go gently up any river if you are in a leaky boat.NYPinTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03098252725082332177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-1121262199266362412005-07-13T09:43:00.000-04:002005-07-13T09:43:00.000-04:00Yes.Yes.Jim Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-1121212433459187212005-07-12T19:53:00.000-04:002005-07-12T19:53:00.000-04:00You know, I never knew where that phrase came from...You know, I never knew where that phrase came from. Still, I can only hope Rove ends up in prison. A nice tiny one with a roommate named "Killah"CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595831484880828629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-1121188437468004852005-07-12T13:13:00.000-04:002005-07-12T13:13:00.000-04:00Phthtphthth!!!Phthtphthth!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-1121185339004360092005-07-12T12:22:00.000-04:002005-07-12T12:22:00.000-04:00The phrase originally referred to Sing-Sing Prison...The phrase originally referred to Sing-Sing Prison, on the Hudson River about 30 miles north of New York City. From about 1890 on, it was broadened to apply to any prison by the early 1900s. <BR/><BR/>Going with the theory that it would be harder to get back from prison than to get there is illogical when refering to this phrase. Most rivers flow south, so going 'up the river' would imply that they were fighting against the current. Leaving would be easier as they would be going with the current.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-1121179870961585752005-07-12T10:51:00.000-04:002005-07-12T10:51:00.000-04:00In the old days all prisons were up the river. Tha...In the old days all prisons were up the river. That made it easy to transport people there, not so easy for them to get back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-1121175528409937642005-07-12T09:38:00.000-04:002005-07-12T09:38:00.000-04:00Makes sense. And Sing Sing is "up the river" from ...Makes sense. And Sing Sing is "up the river" from NYC.Jim Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.com