Stop the world! Why does Keith O. say, "Keep your knees loose"?

[Radio_Lady]

I think he says it after every show.

There must be some reason for this -- sex or skiing come to mind -- but I want to know!

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[lisa58]

1. Just sports related

[Radio_Lady]

8. That makes sense, lisa58. I'm thinking -- does that apply to all sports?

I've been involved in bicycle and horseback riding, swimming, softball, weightlifting, treadmill and stationary bicycle, and yoga -- that's about all.

Thanks for your response!

In peace,

Radio_Lady

PS. When I began as a pioneer in talk radio in the early 1970s (one of the first women to have a daily, four-hour call-in show), people asked me what I talked about on my show.

I always answered, "Everything the men talk about, except sports." Actually, Larry King and I broadcast from WIOD Miami in 1971-72, during the Miami Dolphin's perfect season (they won every game and then won the Super Bowl). Hard to top that!

[SharonRB]

2. It's a baseball reference

:hi:

[Radio_Lady]

10. Last position I played in high school: manager of the softball team.

Something to do with my left-handedness. I threw and caught the ball with the SAME HAND (left), although I did bat right-handed. That did it!

Appreciate your post, SharonRB.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. Because he's cool?

:bounce:

[Lex]

4. Jean Shepherd!

Jean Shepherd said it.

He's quoting Jean Shepherd: Keep your knees loose and your glove well oiled.


Edit to add: You know, the "You're going to put your eye out." A Christmas Story author.

[Radio_Lady]

12. We have a winner! It was radio raconteur Jean Shepherd who used it first!

See this link:

http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC07/UVFamily.htm

"AND REMEMBER, KIDDIES, keep your knees loose and your glove well oiled." With that phrase Jean Shepherd - New York radio raconteur, midwestern baseball nut and absurd guru to legions of misfit nightowls - would sign off in the wee hours of the morning. It took a while before the deeper meaning of that bit of baseball wisdom became apparent. Knees loose: aha! flexible, ready to move in any direction. Glove well oiled: yes, ready to catch the ball, to catch anything life throws your way."

More at link above -->>>>>

[jean]

Loose knees insure the ability to spring in any direction, away-away!

[SpiralHawk]

9. Loose knees sink wee bees

- more or less

[verse18]

5. I thought he meant

Be prepared to start BOWING to King *.

[Radio_Lady]

18. Naw, but a good guess (I guess...)! Thanks for posting, verse18.

[verse18]

19. I appreciate that.

I try to keep up.

[skylarmae]

6. I'm not sure, but I wouldn't mind if he said it to me face to face

and then see what came to mind; or,....

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. slut!

Welcome to the "I'd be a slut for Keith club" :toast:

I'm a proud card-carrying member meself...

[Radio_Lady]

15. Um-m-m, I'd love to join, but I'm married. Do you think he'd object

to a threesome? (Intellectually speaking, of course!)

[Staph]

16. Where do I sign up?

Keith can loosen my knees any day!

[Radio_Lady]

24. I'll have to be a little like the TIN MAN in the "Wizard of Oz" ---

"Oil me! Oil me!" he said -- because he was rusty in some joints.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

25. LOL!

:hi:

[havocmom]

7. Missed part of his show tonight. Did he give the count of how many days

it has been since the announcment "Mission Accomplished"? Or did MSNBC nix his recent daily protest?

[Radio_Lady]

13. I shifted over to classical music for part of his how tonight.

But I have heard him say that phrase on his show.

[Wetzelbill]

14. he said it

He does both "Mission accomplished" and "Keep Your Knees Loose" now.

:)

[havocmom]

22. Oh good. Thanks Wild Bill!

:hi:

Hey, been by my latest Burns post in MT forum? I'm LONELY in there!

[Wetzelbill]

23. I've been slacking off

I'll go check it out

[Berry Cool]

26. And, of course...

"Good night, and good luck"!

[Wetzelbill]

28. then Rita pops up

and....

:puke:

:)

[Wetzelbill]

17. it always reminds me of when I blew my knee out

I walked around for almost eight years without an ACL. My knee was loose and wobbly feeling all the time. :)

[Radio_Lady]

20. Ouch! Sounds really painful, Bill W. Is it better now? I hope so!

[Wetzelbill]

21. yeah I got it reconstructed

in December '99 by the U of Washington's football team doctor. I was still contemplating making a comeback in wrestling at the time, so I lucked out and got a great doc to do it. Feels better than my other one now. Those surgeries really fix a person up if the job is done right. :)

[montana500]

27. Sounds like a Mystery Science Theater 3000 reference

In one of the "shorts", an instructer tells you how to keep your knees loose. Pretty funny styff.

[KharmaTrain]

29. Keep Your Knees Loose & Don't Let The Creeks Rise

An old saying...not sure the exact derevasion, but in essence..."keep your eye's peeled"

[mandyky]

30. Lately instead of saying Good Night and Good Luck he says

---- days since Mission Accomplished was proclaimed.

I love it!

[upi402]

31. ROCKING THE BOAT!

i dunno