And a hivemind question-- the song Jackson (Johnny and June)-- she says 'I'm going to snowball Jackson...". The only meaning of snowball that I know is the Urban Dictionary type meaning. What the heck does she mean?
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
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Sophia Brooks - Jul 11, 2010 4:36:28 pm PDT #11775 of 30001
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meara - Jul 11, 2010 4:44:01 pm PDT #11776 of 30001
Snowball Jackson? I'm not sure where that is in the song, Sophia? She says "throw the top back/and roll down to Jackson-town/wanna be there on the stage with you..." etc? Is that where you mean?
Sophia Brooks - Jul 11, 2010 4:45:22 pm PDT #11777 of 30001
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It is right before "see if I care?" I think I am probably mishearing lyrics!!
ETA:
Well, go on down to Jackson; go ahead and wreck your health.
Go play your hand you big-talkin' man, make a big fool of yourself,
You're goin' to Jackson; go comb your hair!
Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson.
See if I care.
From: [link]
Hil R. - Jul 11, 2010 4:48:14 pm PDT #11778 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
All the lyrics sites have some variation of "Yeah, go to Jackson; go comb your hair! Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson. See if I care." I have no idea what it means. The only verb definitions I can find in a regular dictionary are to throw a snowball at someone, which makes no sense there, or to make something bigger, which doesn't make too much sense, either.
meara - Jul 11, 2010 4:49:09 pm PDT #11779 of 30001
OH, I was looking at a WHOLE OTHER "Johnny and June" song! Hah. (ETA: I thought you were saying the SONG was "Johnny and June", not the song was BY Johnny and June)
Hil R. - Jul 11, 2010 4:53:00 pm PDT #11780 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yahoo answers seems to have a decent answer to this one: [link] They say it means he's going to roll through Jackson like a snowball gathering speed rolling down a hill. Also found one site that says it's not a drug reference, but doesn't clarify what it is.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 11, 2010 5:03:02 pm PDT #11781 of 30001
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That makes sense. I am pretty sure he did not mean [link]
Zenkitty - Jul 11, 2010 5:03:40 pm PDT #11782 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
AFAIK, to snowball someone is to bamboozle them, fool them into doing something for you. Though now that I think about it, I can't recall where I heard it used that way.
Amy - Jul 11, 2010 5:06:46 pm PDT #11783 of 30001
Because books.
I think that's just plain snowing, Zen. The only place I can remember "snowballing" used was in that Julia Roberts movie Stepmom, but they never explained what it meant.
§ ita § - Jul 11, 2010 5:16:59 pm PDT #11784 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My knowledge of snowballing is Sophia's.