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Thread #34936   Message #3078064
Posted By: GUEST,PatrickH
19-Jan-11 - 02:34 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Fred Fannakapan (from Gracie Fields)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fred Fannakapan (from Gracie Fields)
When I was about 6 (around 1962) in Merseyside, our milkman used to make me say his name, which he said was Fred Fanackerpan. When I finally mastered saying it, the bugger said, no, it wasn't Fred Fanackerpan, it was Joe Soap. That was when I stopped trusting grown-ups.