[Ads-l] "Deez Nuts" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Of WW2 vintage, immediate source not recalled:

Knock! Knock!
Who's there?
Romeo.
Romeo who?
Romeover in the clover and do it again.


JL

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) <
> william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
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> > A variant is "Bofa"
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> Let's check your age.
>
> Knock! Knock!
> Who's there?
> Don.
> Don who?
> Don be half-safe!
> Use Arrid to be sure!
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> -Wilson
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> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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