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Thread #12707   Message #639386
Posted By: GUEST,proxy
31-Jan-02 - 11:12 AM
Thread Name: Origins: That's a Moray (eel)...after That's Amore
Subject: RE: That's a Moray (eel)... after That's Amore
Michael Cooney supplies:

"When-a you swim inna da sea, an' a eel bites-a you knee, dat's a moray-

"-a New Zealander man with a permanent tan, that's a Maori-

"--when two patterns combine, in a way serpentine, that's a moire--

"--He tells jokes, he's a ham; his last name's Amsterdam-dat's-a Morey!

"--if yer vitamins be mostly C, D and E....take some more A--

"--oh, you play 'What'd I Say' very gay--won't you play that some more, Ray--

"--My new ray-gun here tries to put out both your eyes: it's a Moe-Ray--

"--If 'King Kong' has gone flat, rent the flick ' Vampire Bat': That's some more Wray."

(the 13 Commandment: Thou shalt not beat a dead horse)