[78-L] Frigidaire, Vaughn Meadera nd Tina Fey

[Michael Biel]

>
> A friend and I have argued about this for years. He insists the word is "Frigidaire," a reference to the refrigerator. I've always believed it was "frigid air." "I've stocked my heart with icy, frigid air."   Randy
>   
Jim Whipkey wrote:

> Randy, I  can tell you  absolutely  I believe the song refers  simply to

> the brand name refrigerator because  it is  what  I grew up  hearing anytime
> a reference was made to the box  powered by  electric (or gas) was
> mentioned. 

IT'S A PUN.  It is a reference to the trade name BUT IT MEANS FRIGID 
AIR.  How the holy hell can you stock your heart with a 
refrigerator????????????  Of course if you had air in your heart you 
would DIE, so that makes no sense either, but it is OBVIOUS that it is a 
PUN on the word that the singer is saying that protecting themselves 
from being hurt by their lover.

For Pete's sake, I can't imagine anyone on this list, of all places, not 
recognizing a PUN.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 




>   My paternal Grandmother's first  and  evermore refrigerators
> from the time  she  no longer had an Ice Box was always  a gas powered
> Servel refrigerator,  it was always referred to as the "Frigidaire" My
> maternal Grandmother had a real  Ice Box, with  daily deliveries of ice
> until after  World War II, when she got a genuine Frigidaire refrigerator
> and to her dying day, more than 30 years later,  always referred to it as
> the "Ice Box".  And to reinforce  my belief, I recall seeing the sheet
> music, my Father had a small band and  seemingly every song  published  and
> the word   was spelled Frigidaire.
>
>
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