azure legs of the cock, etc.

Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Wed Jul 5 18:45:52 UTC 2006


>
> I do remember a childhood joke, something like "Where did the
> Lone Ranger take Silver when he died?"  The answer is "To da
> dump, to da dump, to da dump, dump, dump . . . ."
>
> It's interesting how both texts represent some notes in the
> orchestral phrase with initial dental consonants and some
> with final -ump's.
>

And there's "What happened when the Pink Panther stepped on an ant?"

[to the tune of Mancini's Pink Panther Theme]
"Dead ant, Dead ant, . . . . .]

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