cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/26/2012 04:25 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>I may be all fucked up on this point, but I've long been under the
>impression the the bird - a cuckoo - is "_coo-coo_ for Cocoa Puffs."
>But,
>
>Youneverknow.

I know.  Doves say "coo-coo"; cuckoo birds say "cuckoo".

Joel

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