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Thread #12156   Message #4183741
Posted By: GUEST,Andy Alexis
15-Oct-23 - 04:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dominion of the Sword (Martin Carthy)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dominion of the Sword (Martin Carthy)
I hope this solves the 21 year old question of what
"President will never know, I should bloody coco":
I believe it is
Presi-dumb will never know, Washoe bloody Koko.

Washoe and Koko were a chimpanzee and a great ape that were taught to talk with sign language in the 1980s. The Rainbow Warrior was sunk by the French version of the CIA; the head of that service got caught and service a minimal sentence. The President meant is probably the President of France at the time, but it would clearly apply to Ronald Reagan as well.

https://www.unusualverse.com/2019/02/wahoe-koko-sign-language-primates.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior