40 miles out and plum up the holler

[Devildog]

A quote from Joe Donnelly in issue #37, page 17, first paragraph. I need a translation in laymens terms It sound like "up sheets creek with out a paddle" but I'd like to know how the phrase was coined.

 

[illflem]

I've always heard it as "stuck on the corner of 40th and Plum". Never thought about the 40th part but figured plum out of luck. Same idea as up that well known creek.

 

[A. Brown]

don't forget that fine Egyptian town (BFE)

 

[BCFAST]

I've frequently heard "Dump Truck County, (insert state name)"

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

Yep, 40&plum is like way out in the country, BFE, DT county, etc. In Nevada, it is midway along Rt. 50, or else halfway between Hiko and Lund.

 

[Briar Hopper]

When y'alls gets to agreeing on where it is, let me know, so I can move there.

 

[rspinks]

Help a Canuck understand this one please. Are "40th and plum" and "up the holler" seperate phrases? I could understand this as being like "up the creek". Maybe the operative phrase is "plum up the holler" which scares me a little. We have laws here against fruit and vegetable abuse .

 

[illflem]

40 MILES FROM NOWHERE AND PLUMB BACK IN THE STICKS

Briar, it's in North Fork, PA

http://www.qsl.net/w1fif/page3.html

 

[EMDDIESEL]

Any place really far is "GUAM" . Like, man, that chic lives all the way in GUAM.

 

[Briar Hopper]

PENNSYLVANIA ?!!!?? No thanks, Dump truck County sounds better, LOL

 

[Dave MacArthur]

Does the word "DELIVERANCE" clarify things?