why would the phrase "bilge water" pop into someone's mind when they don't even know what it means.
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Are you a big Tom Waits fan by any chance?
From the song, "Wrong Side of the Road":
"put a dead cat on the railroad tracks
when the wolf bains blooming by the tressel
and get the eyeball of a rooster
and the stones from a ditch
and wash em down with BILGE WATER
and you say you'll never snitch"
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I don;t know, but probably for the same reason horrible songs (like the theme from Green Acres or MacArthur Park) get stuck in our heads and play over and over all day. Man that is just awful.
I'm assuming you looked up what bilge water is?
Don't worry too much about it, the mind pretty much does what it wants with it's idle moments
Grre-een Acres is the place for me
Faa-arm livin is the life for me yadayadaya
Its certainly a more suave thing to say when you hit your thumb with a hammer. "Bilge water!" http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bilge+water
The mind does get bored sometimes. It might suddenly choose to remember a taste, a smell, a smile, a song.
You only really have to worry if the words are repeatedly negative or harmful. Then you should worry.
If it turns up in dreams, look it up in any of several places. Here is one out of the hat:
http://www.mythsdreamssymbols.com/ddb.html
If it is good, enjoy!
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