Luigi Zanasi wrote:
On Oct 15, 6:55 pm, RicodJour wrote:

On Oct 15, 9:28 pm, "Bill" wrote:


As I
mentioned in an earlier post, a rub brick can be had for as little as $9.99
and "will make you strong like bull!". My wife said one of her relatives
used to use that expression too, so it wasn't just my friend, any idea where
it came from (probably from someplace in the early 80's)?

From anyone who lived in a country that had cows. The phrase has been
around forever.


The version I heard is said with a Russian accent: "Strong like bull,
smart like streetcar."

Luigi

Supposedly the phrase originated with the character "Uncle Tonoose"
played by Hans Conreid on the Danny Thomas show "Make Room For Daddy"
back in the 1950's.

Conreid later when on to do voices of characters on "The Rocky &
Bullwinkle Show" cartoon and the phrase was used by the character "Boris
Badenoff".

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA