I am what I am ....

[Victor Steinbok]

Just to switch gears a bit:

"You are what you is."

Or does no one listen to Zappa any more?

The whole title song is full of the respective phrases:

> Ensemble: (displaying dummy #1)
> Do you know what you are?
>
> Thing-fish:
> Dat what I ast ya!
>
> Ensemble:
> You are what you is you is what you am
>
> Thing-fish:
> And dat de trufe!

> Ensemble:
>     So see what you got
> Thing-fish:
>     And you got a lot o' lookin' t'do, junior!
> Ensemble:
>     You are what you is
> Thing-fish:
>     Dat entirely too correct!
> Ensemble:
>     An' that's all it 'tis!
...
> Ensemble:
>     You ain't what you're not,
> Thing-fish:
>     Unless science do somethin' 'bout it!
> Ensemble:
>     So see what you got!
> Thing-fish:
>     I know dey woikin' on it...
> Ensemble:
>     You are what you is,
> Thing-fish:
>     Underneath virginia!
> Ensemble:
>     An' that's all it 'tis!
...
> Ensemble:
>     You used to was
> Sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
>     Who I was, anyway!
> Ensemble:
>     'n what you do
> Sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
>     I used to work at the post office!

etc.

Sometimes I wonder if Frank (and perhaps Ike Willis) was reading this
list many years in advance...

     VS-)

On 4/22/2010 10:53 PM, Randy Alexander wrote:
> Since this discussion seems to be casting the net a little wider:
>
> "Nothing succeeds like success."
>
> --
> Randy Alexander

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