Mayo 23, 2004

Cole Porter 101

I had two comments in my post linking to the Memeblog, from two different people, saying basically the same thing: That my post sounded like a song.

At the risk of sounding like a pompous ass--that's because it was a (poor) satire of a song; namely, Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love), which was written by Cole Porter in 1928. The first verse is:

Birds do it, bees do it
Even educated fleas do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love


It's a cute little song, and there are few Americans who don't know that verse. OTOH, damn few know the rest of it (yep, including me). Lord knows this German couple hadn't heard it (thanks for pointing that out, other Sweety!)

But anyway, don't you like how I rhymed "cheese" for "fleas?" That part was giving me fits, until I realized if I mentioned "cheese" most Munuvians would immediately think of LeeAnn.

As well they should.

Posted by Victor at Mayo 23, 2004 06:07 PM
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