A phrase used when a person says something stupid or out of place.
If you are talking about going to the club and someone says something like "my Playstation is hot" you would say "Back on the ranch"
by Eric O. Blake November 22, 2003
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Something you say when someone around you says something that has nothing to do with what your current conversation is about and you want to get back to the other topic.
A: I think it should be brown.
B: Maybe red.
A: Brown matches the rest of the room though.
C: I like bananas.
A: *odd look* ...meanwhile, back at the ranch
by crazyXxchink May 4, 2004
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A quote line to introduce a new topic of conversation, or to end a particualarly embarrassing line of talk.

Derived from the old horse operas where action at one point was interrupted to go to the ranch in question; This line being spoken by the narrator in order to assist the hard of thinking. ( A hold over from radio narration style )
A;"Anyway, how did your date with Sarah go?"
B:'OK, I guess . . . Did you know she was a hermaphrodite?"
(Silence)
A:"Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . . "
by D F Stuckey May 5, 2004
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A term meaning: 1)two events simultaneously happening in two different locations.2)while that was going on there, this was going on here at the same time.
Jay was out buying Jenna flowers but meanwhile, back at the ranch, Jenna was sleeping with Jays bestfriend.
by anonymous May 4, 2004
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An analogy for "to continue" or "as I was saying", after an unexpected, odd, or irrelevant interruption, utililizing the crude visual or vebal segues of low-budget movies and television shows in the 60's and 70's;
You are in the middle of a conversational anecdote when someone drops an object that makes a huge racket; " Meanwhile, back at the ranch- Dave said to me etc. etc."
by Ren May 4, 2004
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It really refers to a Lone Ranger episode from the fifties.....
As the Lone Ranger enters the ranch house the announcer states: "Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Tonto, disguised as a doorknob, came off in the Lone Ranger's hand".
by Kimosabe January 25, 2008
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A humerous phrase indicating a simultanious happening.

Derived from old Western TV shows or movies. Something exciting would be happening out on the range somewhere (or in town, etc), but at the same time something else would be happening at the home base, i.e. the ranch.
The bank is being robbed by Smoky Joe and the Goatnose Gang! Will Whitehat Willy be able to foil the desperadoes in time?

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, little Betsy has discovered a gold nugget in the family's stream.
by Athene Airheart May 4, 2004
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