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Turn out all the lights and call on the Lord
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowWhy prefix a request with “I'm going to have to ask you…”The condition for saying “You’re the door on the right.” etc. and its constructionOrigin of “they don't know they're born”?'I thought', 'I would think', 'I would have thought'Origin of “as all get out” meaning “to the utmost degree”Who was “Toody Hotpot”?What do you call a person who keeps talking about art; studies art, criticizes art, and thinks he'd be amazing with it. But he doesn't practice itAn expression that expresses I know someone can do their jobIs the author of the lyrics talking to a newborn baby or a young kid?Astor's pet horse
A man I knew, born in 1921, used to enter a room at festive gatherings and say "Turn out all the lights and call on the Lord." Do you know the origin of that phrase, or do you think it was just an idiosyncrasy of his?
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A man I knew, born in 1921, used to enter a room at festive gatherings and say "Turn out all the lights and call on the Lord." Do you know the origin of that phrase, or do you think it was just an idiosyncrasy of his?
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Literally the only place this appears on a Google search is your post here, so I think it was his alone.
– jimm101
Mar 1 at 20:18
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He could have heard a certain James Brown song, and be misquoting for his own amusement: "Cut off the lights/And call the law" (Funky Drummer, 1970)
– Michael Harvey
Mar 1 at 20:49
Sounds like an idiotsyncrazy to me.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago
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A man I knew, born in 1921, used to enter a room at festive gatherings and say "Turn out all the lights and call on the Lord." Do you know the origin of that phrase, or do you think it was just an idiosyncrasy of his?
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asked Mar 1 at 19:35
Rosie M.Rosie M.
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A man I knew, born in 1921, used to enter a room at festive gatherings and say "Turn out all the lights and call on the Lord." Do you know the origin of that phrase, or do you think it was just an idiosyncrasy of his?
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Literally the only place this appears on a Google search is your post here, so I think it was his alone.
– jimm101
Mar 1 at 20:18
3
He could have heard a certain James Brown song, and be misquoting for his own amusement: "Cut off the lights/And call the law" (Funky Drummer, 1970)
– Michael Harvey
Mar 1 at 20:49
Sounds like an idiotsyncrazy to me.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago
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2
Literally the only place this appears on a Google search is your post here, so I think it was his alone.
– jimm101
Mar 1 at 20:18
3
He could have heard a certain James Brown song, and be misquoting for his own amusement: "Cut off the lights/And call the law" (Funky Drummer, 1970)
– Michael Harvey
Mar 1 at 20:49
Sounds like an idiotsyncrazy to me.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago
2
2
Literally the only place this appears on a Google search is your post here, so I think it was his alone.
– jimm101
Mar 1 at 20:18
Literally the only place this appears on a Google search is your post here, so I think it was his alone.
– jimm101
Mar 1 at 20:18
3
3
He could have heard a certain James Brown song, and be misquoting for his own amusement: "Cut off the lights/And call the law" (Funky Drummer, 1970)
– Michael Harvey
Mar 1 at 20:49
He could have heard a certain James Brown song, and be misquoting for his own amusement: "Cut off the lights/And call the law" (Funky Drummer, 1970)
– Michael Harvey
Mar 1 at 20:49
Sounds like an idiotsyncrazy to me.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago
Sounds like an idiotsyncrazy to me.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago
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Turn out all the lights and call on the Lord appears to be as you said, idiosyncratic. His own 'turn of words'. I can find no registry listing for the same, nor anything close. I suspect his intention was meant 'to focus on said deity'!
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Turn out all the lights and call on the Lord appears to be as you said, idiosyncratic. His own 'turn of words'. I can find no registry listing for the same, nor anything close. I suspect his intention was meant 'to focus on said deity'!
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Turn out all the lights and call on the Lord appears to be as you said, idiosyncratic. His own 'turn of words'. I can find no registry listing for the same, nor anything close. I suspect his intention was meant 'to focus on said deity'!
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Turn out all the lights and call on the Lord appears to be as you said, idiosyncratic. His own 'turn of words'. I can find no registry listing for the same, nor anything close. I suspect his intention was meant 'to focus on said deity'!
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Turn out all the lights and call on the Lord appears to be as you said, idiosyncratic. His own 'turn of words'. I can find no registry listing for the same, nor anything close. I suspect his intention was meant 'to focus on said deity'!
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Literally the only place this appears on a Google search is your post here, so I think it was his alone.
– jimm101
Mar 1 at 20:18
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He could have heard a certain James Brown song, and be misquoting for his own amusement: "Cut off the lights/And call the law" (Funky Drummer, 1970)
– Michael Harvey
Mar 1 at 20:49
Sounds like an idiotsyncrazy to me.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago