flips and gasmeters

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:13 AM -0500 3/8/01, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:
>Now I've listened to the "Slim and Slam" piece in question.
>
>I note that Slim Gaillard was noted for his invention of words and even of
>a "language" ("Vout"). So maybe it's no surprise that the slang is opaque.
>
>[Slim and Slam are remembered for some heavy-handed ethnic impressions,
>some of which I just listened to: "Chinatown, My Chinatown", "African
>Jive", "Vol Vistu Gaily Star" (Spanish? Portuguese?)

No, this is Yiddish too, at least partly

>... "Matzoh Balls"
>seems to be simply about food though (matzoh balls [with horseradish],
>gefilte fish).]
>
You sure it wasn't the gefilte fish with the horseradish?

larry