Pavlov’s pavlova dogs

Does 'being so happy you could spit' have to do with the amount of extra saliva excitement can bring on? 
 
and another question...what the bugger does 'Stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni' mean?

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"A macaroni is a coxcomb. The term originated with the Macaroni Club, founded about 1760 by young men described by Brewer as 'exquisite fops; vicious, indolent, fond of gambling, drinking, and duelling. Having travelled in Italy, they prided themselves on the consumption of macaroni, whence the club name.' Said a periodical in 1770: 'There is indeed a kind of animal, neither male nor female, a thing of the neuter gender, lately started up amongst us. It is called a Macaroni. It talks without meaning, it smiles without pleasantry, it eats without appetite, it rides without exercise, it wenches without pleasure.'"

-- Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun, by Willard R. Espy

57344 | posted by Fafner on March 14, 2003 at 15:16

50% sure.

A-hah! I knew it had to be a dig at Europe.

56685 | posted by AussieAri on March 10, 2003 at 11:22

I think Yankee Doodle was first thought up by the British a little before the Revolutionary War as a funny American cliche they could make fun of. The Americans got wind of this and, after the War, thought to themselves, "Hey, this weird stupid Yankee Doodle guy is funny! Let's keep him!" I could be wrong, though.

55882 | posted by wilperegrine on March 2, 2003 at 20:36

i think it basically means 'crap! we need a line that rhymes with "riding on a pony!"'

55505 | posted by anne on February 27, 2003 at 12:40