On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 10:03:31AM -0500, Frank Abate wrote: > This has been around since the late 60s at least. It is prominent in the > lyrics of "Time of the Season" by the Zombies, which one lyrics site says > was released in 1968. Yes, but that was in the literal sense; the next line was "Is he rich, is he rich like me?" Jesse Sheidlower OED