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Reversion
edit71.123.182.149 edited the page and messed my previous contribution up. I have reverted it. -Mkilly 04:59, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
How to fix it
editThis page needs a major clean up. Perhaps a total rewrite. Any ideas? --203.59.9.15 (talk) 06:32, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
This page is messed the heck up i dont know where to begin fixing it. The first part should be broken up into paragraphs, the first example is barely related, spacing?? -JDHannan 03:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Dubious folk reference
editI removed a dubious bit that claimed saloons would keep horses to transport people to latrines. First, most properties maintained their own outhouses. Second, wooden pathways were common. Third, those muddy streets were what the patrons traveled through to get to the saloon. Fourth, people wore boots. It just seems like a folk etymology and has no citation. --Dhartung | Talk 15:12, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Yes, these are the worst "examples" that i've ever seen on wikipedia Dave66.239.157.131 19:28, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Uses in popular culture
editI'm sure there are many more, I have just added one though it may require some more background. I added the Terry Pratchett reference. --203.59.9.15 (talk) 06:32, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Would Patrick Bateman from American Psycho's statement of, "I have to go return some video tapes" qualify as a pseudo example of this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.188.155.153 (talk) 04:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
There is a reference that I think should be added. In the movie Kalifornia (Brad Pitt and Juliete Lewis (?) and David Ducoveney, Brad Pitt uses the phrase 'I've gotta see a man about a mule' prior to urinating in a bar parking lot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.112.58.77 (talk) 00:53, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
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Drugs
editI've only ever heard people use this phrase to mean "I'm going to buy marijuana." I've never, ever heard "see a man about a {horse|dog}" refer to using the bathroom, or other meanings. Probably this is because the type of people using this sort of slang have other choices ("drop the kids off at the pool") to choose among for other uses.
- I think it says more about the company you keep. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.71.169.108 (talk) 08:47, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
The internet says otherwise. However, I would hardly trust the internet to be able to accurately describe slang. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.91.201.209 (talk) 19:32, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Given that my 11 year old daugher recently asked about the use of the phrase, I really hope it's nothing to do with grass ;-) Seriously though, I'd thought it was about going to the toilet (etc), and popped here to check up.
My dad used the phrase "see a man about a message", sometimes just "see a man", as a euphemism for going to the restroom. This was early in the 1950s, well before the development of the drug culture of the 1960s. But I suspect these sorts of phrases can take on a variety of meanings based on context. Wschart (talk) 17:16, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
Hurston, Zora Neale : Their Eyes Were Watching God. ???
editWhy is this book suggested as further reading? A scan of the page linked to doesn't help me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.40.214.250 (talk) 15:16, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
I'm being bold and removing it. I can't find any reference to this saying in that page at all. Mpking (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 16:42, 27 February 2015 (UTC)