2007-02-19 08:32:08 · 10 answers · asked by Jonnyrie 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
a happy dude
2007-02-19 08:35:41 · answer #1 · answered by Good Egg 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Never heard the phrase. All I can suggest is it may have come from a song I heard a long time ago on the Dr. Demento show called "My name is Larry" That was the whole song....the same phrase repeated over and over and over.....you get the picture. The image was of a big dumb dufuss who was just happy to be a big dumb dufuss.
2007-02-19 08:39:41 · answer #2 · answered by pessimoptimist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A guy who lived in the 18th century. He visited villages, and county's being as happy as anyone. If there was a war, he'd be happy, in sickness or in health- he'd be happy!. This got him fame, and thus he was called "Happy Larry", Now we use the phrase happy as Larry, in correlation to "Happy Larry".
2007-02-19 09:50:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Happy as Larry"
An Australian expression, it is suggested that the original Larry may have been Larry Foley (1847-1917) the noted boxer but the
word may actually derive from "larrikin" an Australian term for an unruly young man.
2007-02-19 10:21:10 · answer #4 · answered by cruisingyeti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Larry is a guy with a funny name.
2007-02-19 08:35:23 · answer #5 · answered by mad_caesar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a very happy man from happy land
2007-02-21 20:38:04 · answer #6 · answered by green.toes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard this phrase before.
2007-02-19 08:36:38 · answer #7 · answered by Bobbi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting. He must be pleased with himself.
2007-02-22 09:32:29 · answer #8 · answered by debzc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the three stooges!
2007-02-19 08:53:03 · answer #9 · answered by Christina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question...bet he's well happy
2007-02-19 08:44:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋