Western Phrasing

"He's just spittin' out words to see where they splatter."
~John Wayne in "The Comancheros"~

My husband is watching this movie tonight.
When I heard this phrase,
it stuck to me like old gum under a church pew. (my own phrase)
I thought it was rather witty.
I can just imagine words splattering across the room,
sticking to people's chests and faces,
a few of them dripping off their chins like water.

It's a phrase that ranks right up there
with my first land-lady's phrase
when I put new curtains over the window in our back door.
"Those are purtier than a speckled pup!" She chimed happily.
We were renting from a local cattle rancher...
in actual truth, speckled pups ARE 'purty' to them.

I've been waiting for years to use her phrase,
but it just never seems to be the right time.
Oh, I've thought about using it in front of my inlaws
a time or two, especially since they think I'm a hillbilly anyhow.
It seems I just never have the nerve.
Heh, heh...
I do go barefoot in the yard as often as possible in front of them though.
That blows them away!

I really do I love the west!
True western language is so picturesque!