cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/26/2012 05:54 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>I used to eat Cocoa Puffs all the time, because I wanted to get high like
>the Bird, and the Puffs were 100% legal. Man, on Puffs I could *hear*
>sounds and *see* colors!  Wild!!

Was that a sugar high or a coca high, Jon?

Reminds me, though, of the day I saw an ENT man for an obstructed
nasal passage that was becoming too annoying.  He squirted something
dry up my nose with a bulb syringe before looking in.  When I left
his office, everything outside was really bright and colorful.  The
next time I went to see him, I asked what he had injected.  "Cocaine."

Joel

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>On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > I know.  Doves say "coo-coo"; cuckoo birds say "cuckoo".
> >
> > Joel
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