But even tracks not up to his standards sound pretty darn tootin' to the rest of us.

"Darn tootin'," Moon said when asked if he thought about the Bills game.

"In other words," said Wolverine, "yet darn tootin' we would."

Yer darn tootin' they are!

You're darn tootin' I could!

"Darn tootin' it is," Stampede replied.

"You're darned tootin', lady," said Brown.

"You're darn tootin' they were!

"Darn tootin'," Kahrs might say, although connoisseurs, of course, would never confuse lavishness with luxury.

In a month, I'd be surrounded by sophisticated strangers from the middle of somewhere who said "yes" instead of "Yer darn tootin'!"

"Darn tootin'," Kathy Home said pertly.

"You're Darn Tootin is the first clear statement of the essential idea inherent in Laurel and Hardy.

"You're darn tootin' there's doubt.

'You're darn tootin' you're not sure.

"You're darn tootin' it shouldn't!"

"You're darn tootin' I brought Trey LaRue to town."

"You're darn tootin I'm gonna come up there and see for myself," Tommy Bascomb threatened.

(You're darn tootin' he can't!

"Darn tootin'!"

You're Darn Tootin' (1928)

You're Darn Tootin' (1928) - Laurel and Hardy two-reeler (silent)

In speech, in rapid responses, in interviews, Kerry and Edwards remind us these days how darn tootin' chock full of values they really are.

"Mr President, I gotta darn tootin' idee as to what we ort to do.

His most notable role was that of an irascible cop in the Laurel and Hardy short You're Darn Tootin' (1928).

Many Minnesotans, however, were infuriated by "Fargo" characters who never say "Yes" when "Yer darn tootin'!"