One of his few deviations from the classic rightwing agenda was to support Lyndon Johnson's civil rights legislation. From the Guardian's Gerald Ford obituary: Yes, but the walk version was around before Johnson's fart version. Johnson's description of Gerald Ford? (The original purportedly had "fart" instead of "walk".) Q: Is it true that this is a sanitized version of Lyndon B. The same site believes the phrase comes an earlier "talk and chew gum". Ordination: “He can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.” But, after two weeks in Canada, he was skiing like a pro!"Īccording to The Big Apple it can be earlier found in a Texas newspaper: "In fact, I had a man in my squad who was so uncoordinated, he couldn't walk and chew gum at the same time. It can be found in a May 1966 snippet of the US Marines' The Leatherneck, quoting Sgt Jerry Necaise: Q: when did walk and chew gum enter the lexicon?
Īnother multitasking phrase with yet another meaning is to have one's finger in too many pies, for a person who is able to multitask, but is overdoing it. There are also other phrases that mean it's impossible to do multiple things at the same time, but these are usually "defensive" rather than "insulting", such as having your cake and eat it too (recorded in 1546 as wolde you bothe eate your cake, and have your cake?) and the Yiddish can't dance at two weddings. The phrase can't walk and chew gum at the same time is often used to describe someone who's clumsy, uncoordinated or stupid, and there are many idioms for this: can't tell one's arse from his elbow, all thumbs, butter fingers, ham fisted, klutz. Q: Was there a similar phrase in vogue before chewing gum became popular?
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