Along that same vibe (and what might have been the actual kernel for that phrase) is this song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBv...

Pretty fitting to the material, although the narrator of my story would never be so militant or profane.

For some reason It made me think of this classic. And no, it doesn't say "C'mon boys" but its got a great vibe/
youtu.be/z_jdiU47bFA?...

Hilarious. There is no intentional connection. Don’t know where I got the phrase c’mon boys. I thinks it’s there from my very first draft. I don’t think I’ve heard the song before. Now I have to hear it.

First thought was “wait, there’s a music reference?” Do you mean at the end when they pin the metal on 2-pnc?

Thanks. As you can imagine I’m pretty excited.

By unusual circumstance my first fiction sale was today, making this (except the chicken part) a poignant read. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Very thankful to the fine folks at
@bfbzine.bsky.social for giving me my first shot.

If the universe has been kind to your wallet, please consider giving them some money love.

If you don't have $$, consider reading the other great stories in this issue. Find a new favorite author to follow.

Even better, I get them when my wife is looking at something. Feel like writing back, My dudes. A little separation here. We share everything else. She can have this to herself. Really.

I have a lot of experience with upressing. There are several different apps, all good at some things and bad at others. Manifique is perhaps the best at this, but it will very much make up faces. You can at least control how creative it gets.

This! I work in entertainment advertising, and they just don’t have any pros with deep experience in their studio, unlike the big boys. Perhaps corporate idiots are in charge. All I know is this is one of about a dozen things they do differently, and to everyone’s detriment.

As my therapist used to remind me, “Be thankful when the asshats self label.”