I think this might be the longest conversation I’ve been a part of on the dope about poop. The breadth of conversation that happens on this board is stunning to me sometimes.
Yes, I’m sure there are FQ threads about the same thing. I’m begging you, (yes YOU) not to post them here.
I got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle As I go ridin’ merrily along And they sing, “Oh, ain’t you glad you’re single” And that song ain’t so very far from wrong
This was bothering me, so I listened to the song, and to me it still sounds like he says “…that’s the hand they use, well, never mind”. The enunciation is kind of muddy, but it does mean something slightly different.
I think it’s “That’s the hand you use” (the generic “you”) - and it’s “never mind” because he can’t finish the thought (which is “to wipe your bum” (back in 1980 or so, an old fellow noticed I was left-handed and said “that’s the hand the devil uses to wipe his ass!”)
He was deep in his Dylan* period so who knows? I’ve heard it as that’s the hand to use so I looked it up on a lyrics site. Of course, those aren’t 100% accurate either.
*He’s so unhip that when you say Dylan
He thinks you’re talking about Dylan Thomas
Whoever he was
The man ain’t got no culture
“That’s the hand to use, well never mind” is the joke I hear. He takes the voice of a proscriptive fanatic for a brief second. Otherwise it doesn’t mean anything.