Gene Autry's OOPS!

[crazyphil]

Gene Autry wrote the song Back in the Saddle Again.
One of the lines is: where the longhorn cattle feed on the
lowly Jimson weed. That is the error. The Jimson weed is
toxic to most large animals. The correct word is gypson weed.
Where the longhorn cattle feed on the lowly gypson weed.
Another line in the song says: toting my old .44. I had to
throw this in because it is a gun forum.

 

[biku324]

Jimson is bad stuff - it'll kill horses really ugly.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Hey Phil- nice to see your post!
I have heard of Jimson but not that other one.
Here’s narrow gauge Steam Engine 463, once owned by Gene.

 

[Rustyt1953]

From the omniscient web:

"Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium) otherwise known as Gypsum Weed, Stink Weed, Loco Weed, Jamestown Weed, Thorn Apple, Angel's Trumpet, and Devil's Trumpet among others, is a common weed that grows though out the US and Canada as well as the rest of the world."

 

[ZGrand]

"Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium) otherwise known as ... Angel's Trumpet, and Devil's Trumpet among others...

Interesting. The wife has several Angels Trumpet plants around the yard. They have large sweet-smelling flowers that are only fragrant at night. I had no idea they were toxic to animals.

 

[Rpg]

Datura is great stuff: I have a bunch next to my house.

They make stunning blossoms and are a primary subject of Georgia O’Keef’s paintings.

I planted a bunch 15 years ago. Because they’re a self seeding annual, you don’t need to plant new every year.

My granddaughter and my dogs were raised with it without adverse consequences. The dogs aren’t interested in it. They’re very very fond of tomatoes, and raspberry, which I grow in the yard alongside the datura.

Long ago, I explained the toxic properties of datura to my granddaughter when she was 3. She seems to have internalized my warning about datura and its properties. She likes to see the hawks moth butterflies feeding on the datura at night (when they’re most active) but has no interest in handling them.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

"Toting my old.44".The 44-40 was introduced with the Winchester Model 1873, the Colt SAA and S&W New Model No. 3 were chambered in itas was the Remington M1875. Remington also had a proprietary 44 Remington. Then there was the .442 Webley. Now if he meant the 44 Special, that wasn't introduced until 1907.
Gypson weed ? Typed that into Google, it directs you to jimson weed.

 

[biku324]

Con mucho cuidado!

Jimson weed is an invasive weed that’s a member of the nightshade family. It’s also known as thorn apple and devil’s snare.

Jimson weed produces a large fruit encased in a spiky capsule. But be careful not to eat it. Jimson weed is a notorious poisonous weed that’s dangerous when ingested. And just touching the plant can cause rashes.

17 Poisonous Weeds You Need To Know [EASY Identification]

 

[Alpo]

Gene Autry oops?


Saw a film several years back. Autry was meeting up with Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash. Gene had brought along the pistol he carried in his westerns, to show these two guys. And he's waving it around, because he's an old man and probably doesn't remember what he's supposed to do when he's got a gun in his hand.


Kris starts talking to him, and while he has him distracted Johnny takes the pistol away from him. Turns away from the two of them and the camera, points the muzzle at the floor, puts it on half cock and checks to see if it's loaded.


When he discovers it's empty he turns back to the two of them and enters the conversation.


Damn Gene. You should have knowed better.

 

[Rpg]

Datura sap is toxic as well.

Several years ago, the guy who mows my yard decided to trim my datura. I warned him to wear gloves, but he didn’t see the need.

When he was done, he presented himself at my door. His right pupil was dilated so completely you couldn’t see the iris. Turns out he had not used gloves and had rubbed his right eye with his ungloved hand after handling the trimmed datura.

My favorite book dealing with datura is The Teachings of Don Juan: a Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda: just don’t try this at home!

 

[jeffrefrig]

That sounds like some killer weed, no pun intended. This past summer after I got the pup, she found the thicket of Iris in the front yard and just had a ball diving, chewing, and ripping the heck out of all the stems & flowers & roots. I looked it up just in case and saw it's like a little to a lot poisonous to dogs and other animals, sometimes only making them sick or the runs. She was okay, but that's interesting about some innocent plants killin' the cattle and other stock.

 

[crazyphil]

Gene Autry also had a sense of humor. When he met his wife to be he
wrote Souix City Souix. Part of it goes: Souix City Souix, Souix City Souix,
your hair is red, your eyes are blue, I'd swap my horse and dog for you.
I think that's pretty funny.

 

[Telecaster]

Gene Autry oops?


Saw a film several years back. Autry was meeting up with Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash. Gene had brought along the pistol he carried in his westerns, to show these two guys. And he's waving it around, because he's an old man and probably doesn't remember what he's supposed to do when he's got a gun in his hand.


Kris starts talking to him, and while he has him distracted Johnny takes the pistol away from him. Turns away from the two of them and the camera, points the muzzle at the floor, puts it on half cock and checks to see if it's loaded.


When he discovers it's empty he turns back to the two of them and enters the conversation.


Damn Gene. You should have knowed better.

That enhances my admiration for Johnny Cash.

 

[Alpo]

That enhances my admiration for Johnny Cash.

It did me too.

 

[Inusuit]

When I was a kid, maybe in the mid 1950s, my folks took me to the National Western Stock Show in Denver. Gene Autry was there, so drunk he fell off his horse. Oops.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Interesting. When I read "datura" I thought, "I'm sure my gf has some of that" as she is a mad keen gardener. In fact she does, in her small greenhouse. She has used it in her "scanography" images:

It's poisonous, but also can be a hallucinogen, and she sent me this NPR article, Were Botticelli's Venus And Mars Stoned?

Sure looks like it, Mars especially! Definitely in "make love, not war" mood Venus looks like she's thinking, "I'll have what he's having."

A curious piece of fruit in the bottom right-hand corner of Sandro Botticelli's Venus and Mars has caught the eye of art historian David Bellingham. He suspects that the 15th century master depicted the deities lounging with the hallucinogenic datura stramonium, also known as "poor man's acid."

Who'da thunk we'd have Gene Autry and Botticelli in the same discussion?

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

That enhances my admiration for Johnny Cash.

Rabbit thread warning! In church this morning, one of the worship team members was wearing a black Jonny Cash T-shirt. The young man has longer hair, a full beard, and a darker complexion. In my mind's eye, I could see Jesus on a nice day, walking around paradise wearing that T-shirt, then running into Johnny Cash, who was wearing a white Jesus T-shirt! Jesus thought it was cool enough to send me a selfie!

I need to get a better sleep on Saturday night!

Ivan

 

[DWalt]

A long and comprehensive discussion regarding “Back in the Saddle Again,” referencing Jimson weed and its various names. Assuming that anyone is interested enough to plow through it. gypsum weed etc. | Arnold Zwicky's Blog

 

[crazyphil]

Sorry about the post Gene. I found out that Gypson is just another name
for Jimson.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

In War Two Gene supposedly had permission from Gen. Hap Arnold to wear Cowboy Boots in Uniform.