cacotopia

[Charles Doyle]

I used to fantasize about a place where I could eat all the pudding I desired--a sort of tapiocatopia.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:00:30 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: cacotopia
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>There are cornucopias of topias, including both the HOPE-A-TOPIA and the MOPE-A-TOPIA. Skiiers yearn for SLOPE-A-TOPIA, teenagers for GROPE-A-TOPIA, and entomologists for CECROPIA-TOPIA.
>
>  And Muhammad Ali used to turn the prize ring into
>
>  A ROPE-A-DOPE-A-TOPIA.
>
>  JL

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