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 . . . "