Re: Potpourri for $100, Alex.
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Thursday, March 11, 1999, at 05:53:27
Re: Potpourri for $100, Alex. posted by Sam on Thursday, March 11, 1999, at 03:34:35:
> > > > "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little kids eat ivy." > > > > Twin Peaks > > The quote, noted for how confusing it is to understand when spoken aloud, is from an old song that dates back -- I'll hazard a guess -- to sometime between the 1900s and the 1920s. Spoken or sung, it sounds like, "Mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lamb zee divy." > > I'm not sure if Twin Peaks uses "Kid" instead of "Lamb," or if Diane just misquoted it, but it's "Lamb," because the next line is: "A kiddley divy too, wouldn't you?" translated, "A kid will eat ivy too, wouldn't you?"
Lambs have it - see link...
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