tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post6766474764705216019..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: Poe folk don't 'spect much?Eolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-22846557445784275872014-01-30T04:50:30.856+00:002014-01-30T04:50:30.856+00:00I imagined it being a line from Porgy 'n Bess....I imagined it being a line from Porgy 'n Bess. I have absolutely no evidence, but I still imagine.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031492752091643780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-73798622918051165452012-10-22T07:29:44.043+00:002012-10-22T07:29:44.043+00:00I did a search cause i liked this joke a lot, and ...I did a search cause i liked this joke a lot, and found this question from 4 years ago. even though you might not be folowing it still. The joke was that he has no reason to worry how he will recite Annabel Lee, beacuse "Poe folk" (fans of Edgar Allen Poe whose poetry and storries are kind of depresive), won't be expecting much - they are depresed with gooly thoughts. <br />It was a witty humor. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-83320477747831761492009-02-17T20:50:00.000+00:002009-02-17T20:50:00.000+00:00I've no clue about that one, sorry.I've no clue about that one, sorry.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-62454031447016594642009-02-17T20:29:00.000+00:002009-02-17T20:29:00.000+00:00I've just been watching this episode of Frasier an...I've just been watching this episode of Frasier and have exactly the same query - that's how I came across this blog. While I'm here - there is something else in Frasier that I missed the humour on or mis-heard the quote that maybe someone can help me out on. I think it was a conversation between Niles and Frasier and it was menetioned about Frasier's ...... Yagards? or Yak Arts? It might possibly have been Jacquards - as in French textile woven product? Any ideas? Appreciative of your help. <BR/>BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-4462006180311663762008-12-15T11:41:00.000+00:002008-12-15T11:41:00.000+00:00Thanks, John.Thanks, John.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-83803419982383461632008-12-15T10:03:00.000+00:002008-12-15T10:03:00.000+00:00It's not a famous phrase. It's a play on words, a ...It's not a famous phrase. It's a play on words, a pun.<BR/><BR/>"Po' folks don't 'spect much' is a country/black manner of speech here in America (yes, both whites and blacks talk like that). <BR/><BR/>The play on words lets Niles utter a 'truism' and a put-down.<BR/><BR/>This probably doesn't make much sense to non-Americans, but it IS funny.John Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847795333613154546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-12374568395848256742008-11-12T21:09:00.000+00:002008-11-12T21:09:00.000+00:00Thinking about it, that is probably what it's supp...Thinking about it, that is probably what it's supposed to refer to, even though it isn't a famous phrase.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-923966811221849452008-11-12T20:57:00.000+00:002008-11-12T20:57:00.000+00:00Only trouble is when you google "poor folk don't '...Only trouble is when you google "poor folk don't 'spect much" as a phrase, I'm the first one to use it on the web ever, so clearly it's no a famous phrase anybody would make a pun on.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-84910370911630330012008-11-12T16:07:00.000+00:002008-11-12T16:07:00.000+00:00Po folk don't expect much,they're uneducated.Po folk don't expect much,they're uneducated.RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14678775084337683859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-32280489919596502862008-11-12T14:30:00.000+00:002008-11-12T14:30:00.000+00:00Uncle Ron said...In the South (South Carolina) whe...Uncle Ron said...<BR/><BR/>In the South (South Carolina) where I live..."Poor" is sometimes pronounced ..."Po", by some of the folks chere abouts...<BR/><BR/>Edgar Allen Poe was buried in Charleston...his surviving relatives might be considered as Poe folk...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com