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Yes Yes Yes. "I'll be there with bells on". I did look up the meaning..... 
Posted 5/20/2012 at 8:16:08 PM
of that phrase.
"With bells on" Meaning
Eager; ready to participate. (Oh.... and I am VERY EAGER)
Origin
This phrase is frequently used in reply to a party invitation and the common format in that case is to indicate one's enthusiasm with 'I'll be there with bells on!'. The phrase originated in the late 19th/early 20th centuries and most of the early citations of it suggest a US origin. The first record of it that I have found in print, which I doubt is the earliest usage, is in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and the Damned, 1922: "All-ll-ll righty. I'll be there with bells!"
VAMIKEY.....you probably already knew that bit of trivia
"With bells on" Meaning
Eager; ready to participate. (Oh.... and I am VERY EAGER)
Origin
This phrase is frequently used in reply to a party invitation and the common format in that case is to indicate one's enthusiasm with 'I'll be there with bells on!'. The phrase originated in the late 19th/early 20th centuries and most of the early citations of it suggest a US origin. The first record of it that I have found in print, which I doubt is the earliest usage, is in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and the Damned, 1922: "All-ll-ll righty. I'll be there with bells!"
VAMIKEY.....you probably already knew that bit of trivia
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