Maybe, I'm being a dunce but why is it that every time the Phillies hit a home run, an ESPN person yells out Fill thine horn with oil and go. I don't know what it means, and I'm not crazy about it either. Help?
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perlick29 wrote:Maybe, I'm being a dunce but why is it that every time the Phillies hit a home run, an ESPN person yells out Fill thine horn with oil and go. I don't know what it means, and I'm not crazy about it either. Help?
i dont think it has anything to do with the phillies. i thought it was just a catch phrase by steve berthaune.
perlick29 wrote:Maybe, I'm being a dunce but why is it that every time the Phillies hit a home run, an ESPN person yells out Fill thine horn with oil and go. I don't know what it means, and I'm not crazy about it either. Help?
i dont think it has anything to do with the phillies. i thought it was just a catch phrase by steve berthaune.
I've heard Scott Van Pelt say it too, and only for the Phillies. maybe the word fill is a play off of the word philly, but that's just too weak to be true.
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It is just for the Phillies (or at least was) and has been that way for quite some time. I always assumed that Van Pelt was a Phillies fan and that was his thing. But what does it have to do with Philadelphia??? Well I don't really know but I have a guess:
Everyone knows about Philadelphia's long and painful sport's history. Samuel is grieving over a past that has no future (Saul). And the Lord say fill thine horn and go (to anoint the new king). In other words, the meaning of this passage is that you must forget the past and move forward to enjoy life. Just a guess.
Maine has a good swing for a pitcher but on anything that moves, he has no chance. And if it's a fastball, it has to be up in the zone. Basically, the pitcher has to hit his bat. - Mike Pelfrey
Amazinz wrote:It is just for the Phillies (or at least was) and has been that way for quite some time. I always assumed that Van Pelt was a Phillies fan and that was his thing. But what does it have to do with Philadelphia??? Well I don't really know but I have a guess:
Everyone knows about Philadelphia's long and painful sport's history. Samuel is grieving over a past that has no future (Saul). And the Lord say fill thine horn and go (to anoint the new king). In other words, the meaning of this passage is that you must forget the past and move forward to enjoy life. Just a guess.
Jeez, I never liked "Boo Yah," but at least we didn't need a history lesson to understand it.
Well I don't really think you need to "understand" it. Heck, I don't even know if my guess right. I think that the phrase is just intended to be cool in the Braveheart/300 sort of way.
Maine has a good swing for a pitcher but on anything that moves, he has no chance. And if it's a fastball, it has to be up in the zone. Basically, the pitcher has to hit his bat. - Mike Pelfrey
Amazinz wrote:Well I don't really think you need to "understand" it. Heck, I don't even know if my guess right. I think that the phrase is just intended to be cool in the Braveheart/300 sort of way.
i heard the phrase a hundred times and never realized it was just a phillies thing.
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