Topic: To Ride Shotgun. Origin

Redleg · January 16th, 2004

Origin of "Ride Shotgun"

This is almost military/war related since it's from the Old West, and it includes a weapon...

In the Old West it was the job of the person seated next to the driver to keep a lookout for trouble. This person kept his weapon, usually a shotgun, ready at all times in case it had to be used.
(also from MindlessCrap.com...)

In Norway we use the expression "Shotgun" when we want to sit in the front passenger seat in the car..
Anyone else using that expression?

Redneck · January 16th, 2004

We use that here too. I think it might actually be European in origin, considering you all had carriages rolling around those parts with guards and blunderbusses on them long before us. But that's just my own theory pulled from midair. I'm like magic with theories.

D_Plus_One · March 1st, 2004

We call shotgun in Canada too, of course, we also call b****, which is front middle. BUt we are university students and a bit odd. it is all ways fun to call b**** when there are only two or three people. Maybe we need to get out more.

Redneck · March 1st, 2004

You're not supposed to want that one.

I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S · March 2nd, 2004

okay i don't know why you would want to ride in the middle for... that is a little odd to me...

Redleg · March 2nd, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by D_Plus_One

But we are university students and a bit odd. it is all ways fun to call b**** when there are only two or three people. Maybe we need to get out more.

No!
With ideas like that please stay indoors, I think that's safest for us all..

kidneyman · March 3rd, 2004

Just make sure you are not on the phone with your mother when you call "not bitch!"

Rick90467 · March 27th, 2004

Just gave me a cruisin' flash back. With three guys in the pick-up truck and myself riding shotgun, my favorite trick was to duck when we went by the dairy queen soo that it would appear that Mike was sitting next to Dave in the B**** seat with no one else in the truck.

Redneck · March 27th, 2004

And they didn´t black your eyes for that?

Jamoni · March 27th, 2004

LOL we used to yell "Hey baby!" at fat chicks and then duck, so my stepdad looks like he's in the car alone! Once he started hauling us up to the window for them to see, we stopped.

January 16th, 2004	Post 1
Redleg The fire is everything... Gear	Post; To Ride Shotgun. Origin Origin of "Ride Shotgun" This is almost military/war related since it's from the Old West, and it includes a weapon... In the Old West it was the job of the person seated next to the driver to keep a lookout for trouble. This person kept his weapon, usually a shotgun, ready at all times in case it had to be used. (also from MindlessCrap.com...) In Norway we use the expression "Shotgun" when we want to sit in the front passenger seat in the car.. Anyone else using that expression?

January 16th, 2004	Post 2
Redneck Buttercup	We use that here too. I think it might actually be European in origin, considering you all had carriages rolling around those parts with guards and blunderbusses on them long before us. But that's just my own theory pulled from midair. I'm like magic with theories. __________________ No boom, no boom, no boom, Amen.

March 1st, 2004	Post 3
D_Plus_One Optio	We call shotgun in Canada too, of course, we also call b**, which is front middle. BUt we are university students and a bit odd. it is all ways fun to call b** when there are only two or three people. Maybe we need to get out more. __________________ Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori -Wilfred Owen

March 2nd, 2004	Post 5
I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S Centurion	okay i don't know why you would want to ride in the middle for... that is a little odd to me... __________________ If world war 3 is fought with nuclear weapons, then world war 4 will be fought with sticks and stones. --Albert Einstein I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S IF YOU AINT AMMO YOU AINT ****

March 27th, 2004	Post 8
Rick90467 Milites Gregarius	Just gave me a cruisin' flash back. With three guys in the pick-up truck and myself riding shotgun, my favorite trick was to duck when we went by the dairy queen soo that it would appear that Mike was sitting next to Dave in the B**** seat with no one else in the truck. __________________ People want to know what is expected of them...they need to know how you measuere that success and give them the latitude to learn. ---General Schwarzkopf

March 1st, 2004	Post 4
Redneck Buttercup	You're not supposed to want that one.

March 3rd, 2004	Post 7
kidneyman Milites Gregarius	Just make sure you are not on the phone with your mother when you call "not bitch!"

March 27th, 2004	Post 9
Redneck Buttercup	And they didn´t black your eyes for that?

March 27th, 2004	Post 10
Jamoni Centurion	LOL we used to yell "Hey baby!" at fat chicks and then duck, so my stepdad looks like he's in the car alone! Once he started hauling us up to the window for them to see, we stopped.

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