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- From: bgilbert@vines.colostate.edu (Brian Gilbert)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.jimmy-buffett
- Subject: Re: A Question and some comments
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 15:16:57 GMT
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- In article <crystal.725157228@glia> crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:
- >>
- >>Yeah, it's snuff queen, as in 'I tried to get her to go out with me, but
- >>I just kept getting snuffed.' (shut down, refused)
- >
- >>Chris
- >
- >I always heard it as "smut queen", which seemed to fit... I can't hear "snuff"
- >in the song. *sigh*
- >
- >Crystal
- > ;>
-
- In the ParrotHead Handbook that comes with the Boats, Beaches, Bars, and
- Ballads CDs, Jimmy says that part of the inspiration for the song came
- from a businessman trying to pickup a hooker. The term 'snuff queen'
- was a reference to a hooker in days gone by. Hope this helps.
-
- Brian
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