"When they're after a fellow, legal ain't got nothing to do with it—it's run, Yankee, run, and Katie bar the door."
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Sorry for that last entry. It couldn't be helped. Literally, it couldn't be. My brain just took over and what are my fingers supposed to do? Not type what my brain wants them to type? 90s kids would get it.
See? I don't know why I just typed that either! I mean, I know why I typed it! Because my brain told my hands to type it. But why did my brain ask my hands to type that?! It's a mystery! The only person who knows how brains work is that guy at the end of Pi. At least I hope or else . . . oh my God. What was that movie about?! What fucking happened at the end?!
Okay, never mind! I'm back now! I shook my head really fast and am going to finish this while my brain is rattled and distracted.
This is the first time I've heard the phrase "Katie bar the door." That's probably because I grew up in California where our colloquial phrases are things like "Dude!" and "As if!" and "Go home, valleys!" At first I thought it was one of those phrases that Pynchon dug up that had only been used in a short period of time between 1898 and 1895. But it seems to still be in use, mostly in the southern states of the U.S. It's easy enough to understand in context. "Trouble is coming so somebody, preferably a young lass named Katie, should bar the fucking door!"
Oh, in California, "fucking" is also one of our colloquial phrases.
Chick makes a valid point with his "legal ain't got nothing to do with it" statement. And he's right, by gum (not a Californian colloquialism)! How many times do Kirk and Picard forgo the Prime Directive when one of their crew is in danger? Probably a lot although I never kept track. And, yes, Chick isn't a crew member on the Inconvenience. But he's still making an important distinction: is obeying the letter of the law more important than saving a life? Some police think disregarding the law is as important as taking a life! Oh uh. I think my brain has come unrattled.
