# Deck the hars with bars of horry fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372 "2011-12-07T14:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/21 "2011-12-07T15:45:40Z")
You’ll shoot your eye out! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/22 "2011-12-07T15:48:19Z")
A+++++++++++++++++++ ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/23 "2011-12-07T15:51:29Z")
Be sure to… drink… your… Ovaltine. Ovaltine? A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/24 "2011-12-07T15:56:27Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > This is probably yet another movie reference I don’t get, right? Yeah, but don’t worry about it. It’s not like TBS plays it often. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/25 "2011-12-07T15:59:33Z")
I’m about six miles from there right now. If I had an hour for lunch instead of a half-hour . . . ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/26 "2011-12-07T16:00:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Daddy’s gonna kill Ralphie! Who’s mommy’s little piggie? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/27 "2011-12-07T16:03:06Z")
Oh no! It’s OLD BLUE! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/28 "2011-12-07T16:08:29Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > In the heat of battle, my father wove a tapestry of obscenity that as far as we know, is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/29 "2011-12-07T16:12:30Z")
Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/30 "2011-12-07T16:14:26Z")
It’s a klinkerrrrrrr!! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/31 "2011-12-07T16:15:12Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > He looks like a deranged Easter Bunny! Aunt Clara had for years labored under the delusion that I was not only perpetually 4 years old, but also a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/32 "2011-12-07T16:17:17Z")
The thing I love most is that as I read these posts, with no context whatsoever, I can hear the actors in the film delivering each line. This is one of my favorite movies, and one of a handful that I know by heart. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/33 "2011-12-07T16:17:50Z")
Over the years I got to be quite a connossieur of soap. Though my personal preference was for Lux, I found that Palmolive had a nice, piquant after-dinner flavor - heavy, but with a touch of mellow smoothness. Life Buoy, on the other hand… YECCHH. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/34 "2011-12-07T16:28:49Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Yeah, but don’t worry about it. It’s not like TBS plays it often. I’m not sure, but it seems like there is a thread on this movie every year now, too! 😃 My contribution: “The line waiting to see Santa Claus stretched all the way back to Terre Haute!” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/35 "2011-12-07T16:31:53Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > I’m not sure, but it seems like there is a thread on this movie every year now, too! 😃 It’s now one of my holiday traditions. I like the Wizard of Oz! ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/36 "2011-12-07T16:39:05Z")
I like the Tin Man. I actually have a Leg Lamp. It’s in the front window. A few days before it came, I got a postcard telling me I won a major award. If I’d gone for the most expensive option, I could have gotten it delivered in a wooden box that said “Fragile” on it. I settled for cardboard instead. Full size, identical in every way. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/37 "2011-12-07T16:51:40Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > I actually have a Leg Lamp. It’s in the front window. A few days before it came, I got a postcard telling me I won a major award. If I’d gone for the most expensive option, I could have gotten it delivered in a wooden box that said “Fragile” on it. I settled for cardboard instead. Full size, identical in every way. I’d prefer [a live one](http://ak.buy.com/PI/0/500/223437050.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/38 "2011-12-07T16:57:48Z")
Actually the Old Man loved it. He had always pictured himself in the pits of the Indianapolis Speedway in the 500. My old man’s spare tires were actually only tires in the academic sense. They were round, they had once been made of rubber. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/39 "2011-12-07T17:14:12Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > This is probably yet another movie reference I don’t get, right? A Christmas Story. TCM ran it last night, and TBS does a marathon every Christmas. TCM also did a doc on Christmas movies, and one commentator compared the movie to Shawshank Redemption, saying that there wasn’t a single scene that wasn’t perfect (or something like that). I wouldn’t have lumped A Christmas Story with Shawshank, but the guy is right. **“Scut Farkus! What a rotten name! There he stood, between us and the alley. Scut Farkus staring out at us with his yellow eyes. He had yellow eyes! SO HELP ME GOD, YELLOW EYES!!”** The actor who played Scut was in the documentary too. He talked about working as a waiter and being recognized as Scut. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372/40 "2011-12-07T17:17:48Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I wouldn’t have lumped A Christmas Story with Shawshank, but the guy is right. I’d lump it with My Cousin Vinny for the same reason. Why it was ever remade is beyond me. You can’t remake perfect! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-hars-with-bars-of-horry-fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra/605372.md?page=3)