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RobtE wrote:
> Bob wrote:
> > RobtE wrote:
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> >>Salt, sweet, umami - it had it all.
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> > Let me make it clear that I know perfectly well what "umami" means. But now
> > I've got "Oo mau mau, poppa oo mau mau" running through my head.
>
> Damn it, man, now you've gone and infected /me/! LOL
>
> Twenty-plus years ago my little brother was doing his Masters in
> mathematics. When he was doing his course in Boolean Algebra, he told me
> that every time his instructor said "boolean", he found he had "Woolly
> Bully" running through his head. That was enough to infect me, and now
> the same happens to me. I can only assume that in another two decades
> time, when someone says "umami", I'll still myself thinking, "Oo mau
> mau, poppa oo mau mau". Thanks for that. :-)
>
> RobtE
>
> PS I've asked everyone I know about that song. We all recognise the
> line, and can even sing the line, but no one can remember the name of
> the song or the band that did it. Clue me in.
That's Surfin' Bird:
http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1964/741964.html
Brian
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