Recalling a Classic: “Read faster or I’ll blast your head off!”

By Jenn Jacques

Remember Saturday mornings as a kid? Tip-toeing out to the living room and quietly turning the dial to sit and veg out with some of our favorite cartoon characters from the Surfs to Flinstones to my all-time favorite: Looney Tunes.

Let’s take a look back at some of the things we heard from just one character, Yosemite Sam, as we blissfully munched on dry Froot•Loops and giggled like idiots:

“I sees ya … come on out-a-there ya long-eared blue coat”
“Oooo, I’d like to lay my hands on the lily-livered swab is writ that forgery”
“10 dollars! Why it’s gettin’ so a man can’t earn a dishonest livin’ no more”
“5:15 … I’ll take care of you later, I gotta catch a train … and rob it!”
“Now be there any livin’ varmint is aims to try to tame me? … Well be there?”
“The first dang Yankee that steps out of that dugout, gets his head blasted off!”
“Get a-goin’ … or I’ll blow your carcass right out from under yer hat!”
“Read faster rabbit … read faster or I’ll blast your head off!”
“No more gentleman’s stuff, from now on you fights my way … dirty!”
“Aha! There ya are ya buck-toothed barnacle … …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms