Cockroaches (Re: "kook")

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 20 14:38:33 CST 2001



jbor wrote:

> See also 362.25 and 364.7: "Cucarachita".
> 
> Can't find the English lyrics anywhere, but I certainly remember being
> taught 'La Cucaracha' as a kid.

Yes, of course she is not Mexican.  I saw a film
about a crocodile man, he comes to NYC, his American girl
tells him to watch TV, he says he saw TV once in Australia,
he turns it on, 'I Love Lucy' is playing, he turns it off,
he
says, "Yup, that's it, TV, seen it." 

For the VL connection, that's totally Excellent Dude: 

http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1070/4_52/55670908/p1/article.jhtml

http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/wavesof.html


          We are sick, we are sick,
              We are sick sick sick,
              Like we're sociologically sick!
			
			---West Side Story



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