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Something Our Parents Would Say Loose Cannon · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: all guilty of saying them. You know, those things that
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  Speaker 1: usually come from out of nowhere, and sometimes they actually
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  Speaker 1: make sense. They had to start somewhere, right? Who, what, where, why, when,
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  Speaker 1: and how. These old sayings, phrases, and idioms. Some of
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  Speaker 1: them are so ancient, and yet they still carry a
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  Speaker 1: powerful punch even today. Something our parents would say. My
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  Speaker 1: name is Arrow. Loose cannon. How many times did your
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  Speaker 1: parents call you one of those? Man, you are such
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  Speaker 1: a loose cannon. I mean, talk about a great person.
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  Speaker 1: who is clearly into being who they are, but they're
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  Speaker 1: being described as a loose cannon. Uh-oh. This one goes
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  Speaker 1: all the way back to the 17th century, connecting its
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  Speaker 1: old wooden sailing ships to the story. The day when
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  Speaker 1: cannons were part of your everyday lifestyle out there on
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  Speaker 1: those open waters. The majority of the time, a very
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  Speaker 1: heavy 1,000-pound cannon had worked itself loose when it wasn't
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  Speaker 1: properly set up. Ooh, that was a loose cannon. In
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  Speaker 1: the years ahead, the phrase became a metaphor to describe
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  Speaker 1: someone who is unsure, unpredictable, reckless. They ignore the rules
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  Speaker 1: and end up creating more problems than anything else. People
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  Speaker 1: who earned the loose cannon title include politicians. Great ideas,
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  Speaker 1: but a total loose cannon. Sports figures easily pick up
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  Speaker 1: the description as well as being that loose cannon due
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  Speaker 1: to their explosive tempers. And what about Mel Gibson style
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  Speaker 1: movies where he's a loose cannon detective? Basically, it's a
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  Speaker 1: person of strength without control. Because when a loose cannon
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  Speaker 1: breaks free of their disciplines, oh man, we've got something
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  Speaker 1: that's leading to liabilities. Now, many average everyday people think
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  Speaker 1: See a loose cannon in broadcasters. They also see them
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  Speaker 1: as something that's very priceless, but it's got to be effective.
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  Speaker 1: Somehow the two have got to go together. It's called
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  Speaker 1: self-discipline and less judgment. A loose cannon. Something our parents
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  Speaker 1: would say. My name is Arrow.