That was a horse **** call on no targeting.
drive it like you stole itThis not an uncommon manner of speech in the rural South, particularly for older Southerners. Heard similies like this used all my life and a few times with serious and even deadly earnestness. From accounts I was told, when my grandfather said "I'll beat you 'til you piss like a yellow cat" to another man, it was not a comedy routine.
Now that you have pointed it out, it makes me wonder if this style of speech is disappearing.