Paddle your own canoe

[292]

Someone here uses that for their signature. I want to use the line in my newspaper column. If it's you or you know who it is I'd like to know the back story.

 

[rags]

Just a phrase used in the early 19th century.

"What's the meaning of the phrase 'Paddle your own canoe'?"

Act independently and decide your own fate.

 

[meaneyedcatz]

Paddle Your Own Canoe is a phrase that implies independence from others. The first known use is in the 1844 book The Settlers in Canada.

Paddle Your Own Canoe, is also a 2013 book by Nick Offerman.


With that said, I paddle my own canoe also. Literally and figuratively.

 

[Tom Beavert]

Paddle Your Own Canoe.
Also an excellent mountain man style whisky I haven't been able to find for the last 10 years.
TB

 

[vigil617]

What did the papa gnu say to the mama gnu who wanted him to discipline their son?

"Paddle your own gnu."

 

[Rustyt1953]

What did the papa gnu say to the mama gnu who wanted him to discipline their son?

"Paddle your own gnu."

Knock, knock!!

 

[handejector]

What did the papa gnu say to the mama gnu who wanted him to discipline their son?

"Paddle your own gnu."

That's wilde, you beest.

 

[292]

Thanks for the replies. I read the signature in the last few days but couldn't find the thread I was reading. Yesterday I noticed that some folks in my area had boarded up their windows and others had done nothing with varying amounts of preparedness in between. It hit me that the home and business owners were paddling their own canoes and that I could build a weekly column around the phrase.

 

[Rule3]

All this can be yours, and more!!


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH3Ya2rpsdY[/ame]

 

[mtgianni]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gjeGCfRNWk[/ame]
Here ya go.

 

[billwill]

What did the papa gnu say to the mama gnu who wanted him to discipline their son?

"Paddle your own gnu."

You have been breathing too much of those generator fumes!! But well done!
Be safe down there.

 

[fiasconva]

MYOB maybe?

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

That's wilde, you beest.

You ought to be taken out tied to a post and shot for that one!

 

[vigil617]

Knock, knock!!

I'll bite....who's there?

 

[vigil617]

And I'll even finish it for ya:

Rusty: "Canoe!"

Vigil617: "Canoe who?"

Rusty: "Canoe come up with a better joke than that?"

Shouldazagged: "Go to your rooms, both of you!"

 

[yaktamer]

What did the papa gnu say to the mama gnu who wanted him to discipline their son?

"Paddle your own gnu."

About your day job ....

 

[ExRanger714]

it's two-bit cowboy.

His name is Bob.

http://smith-wessonforum.com/member.php?u=277900

 

[shouldazagged]

This one is for vigil and Lee:

YouTube

 

[swsig]

What did the papa gnu say to the mama gnu who wanted him to discipline their son?

"Paddle your own gnu."

I don't like gnus. I've always believed that no gnus are good gnus.

 

[handejector]

I gnu this would get silly.