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Re: Potpourri for $100, Alex.
Posted By: enile, on host 195.54.240.4
Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999, at 05:53:27
In Reply To: 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."
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> > Twin Peaks
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> 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."
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> 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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