Missouri Boat Ride

To be dead, floating down a river.

As said by Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales

Mike won't go on a dangerous white water rafting trip due to his fear of a Missouri Boat Ride.

by blessure grave April 25, 2010

Missouri Boat Ride

A boat ride given to dead whitetail bucks by Ted Zangerle of " The Hunting Public " .

Holy fuck did you see that buck across the lake? Yeah, I'm hoping to be like Ted. Gonna put on my bucket hat, grab my Jon boat and give him a Missouri boat ride.

by Scentsock November 08, 2018

missouri boat ride

In IT: When you start a task but can't finish it because it triggers a deep stack of necessary supporting tasks; similar to shaving the yak.
In other usage: a long and complex swindle.

"I was trying to install tensorflow with gpu support, but first I had to install cuda toolkit, but to do that I had to install conda for Windows, but to do that I had to install....." ... etc. "I understand, you got taken on a Missouri boat ride"

by joseywales1331_1 May 14, 2023