Gandydancer

Hundreds of people (all right, two people) have asked me what "gandydancer" means. I am shocked that there are some who might not know. Remember all those movies where a group of prisoners would be working on railroad tracks out in the hot sun while the guard sat on his horse drinking cool water and laughing? And remember that the prisoners all had these long crowbars that the guard drinking the cool water never figured out that the crowbar could be used to beat the ever-lovin' toodle out of him by a thirsty prisoner? And remember that the prisoners worked in unison to straighten the track and that they sang mournful songs about guards drinking cool water while prisoners worked in the hot sun until one of the prisoners decided to beat the toodle out of the guard using one of the crowbars? The people straightening the track are called "gandydancers." I'll get back to you on why they are called that.