sucking mud

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

sucking mud
 adj.

   [Applied Data Research] (also pumping mud) Crashed or {wedged}.
   Usually said of a machine that provides some service to a network,
   such as a file server. This Dallas regionalism derives from the East
   Texas oilfield lament, "Shut 'er down, Ma, she's a-suckin' mud". Often
   used as a query. "We are going to reconfigure the network, are you
   ready to suck mud?"

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

sucking mud

   (Or "pumping mud") (Applied Data Research) Crashed or
   {wedged}.  Usually said of a machine that provides some
   service to a network, such as a {file server}.  This Dallas
   regionalism derives from the East Texas oilfield lament, "Shut
   'er down, Ma, she's a-suckin' mud".  Often used as a query.
   "We are going to reconfigure the network, are you ready to
   suck mud?"

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-12-15)

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