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#122980 02/16/04 05:42 PM
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Not heard much nowadays in the UK - at least not hereabouts. (North East) I've never said it. Nor was it heard in South Africa.


#122981 02/16/04 10:30 PM
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Once upon a time, there were two retired vaudevillians -- Zippity and Doo-Dah, who been a song-and dance team on stage for many years. Zippity was the singer; Doo-Dah did the dancing.

They often passed their time fishing together until, one day, there was a terrible accident: their skiff overturned and one of them drowned. Try as he might, Zippity was unable to resuscitate his old friend and partner Doo-Dah.

The police came and took down all of the pertinent information. They asked where Doo-Dah lived and were prepared to go and notify his next of kin but Zippity insisted that he be allowed to break the dreadful news to the family.

Zippity stood on the porch, knocked on the door, and, when the son and daughter-in-law answered, he broke into song (to the tune of "Camptown Races"): "The boat tipped over and guess who died? ..."



#122982 02/17/04 02:15 AM
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[taking him kindly by the arm e] Father Steve--why don't you go get some rest now, hear?


#122983 02/17/04 06:07 PM
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never heard of the term either Bingley, but it got me snapping me fingers it did!
Brought to mind - to do and brouhaha and ...EARWORM alert'Twilight Zone'

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#122984 02/18/04 11:39 PM
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Berkley, California
Pasadena, California
Somewhere in the San Bernadino Mountains, California
http://www.shirleyjones.com/Archive/doodah/doodah.htm
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Moorhead, Minnesota
Juan's link Ocean City, New Jersey
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.marshallmcpeek.com/news/doodah/index.shtml

There are probably more...

Check out this link, folks! I particularly liked the idea of the International Water Tasting Competition in Berkely, West Virginia and the Mashed Potato Wrestling and Potato Days in Clark, South Dakota
http://www.eccentricamerica.com/whos_who.htm


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ah, good old Clark... I've been there several times, but I don't think I had any potato(e)s...



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#122987 02/19/04 04:11 AM
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I never seed a doodah 'scaped a song, nor hope to see one, neither. Tho if I did and it had a "all of a" tacked on, I know *I'd* be all of a merriment--Jus' like yer friend.


#122988 02/19/04 02:24 PM
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There is an annual Tick Festival in Heeney, Colorado. I am not going near the lines surrounding the title of Miss Sucker. Not me! I KNOW those police are still here somewhere.



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#122989 02/20/04 04:28 PM
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No mention of Miss Sucker, but here are some, er, interesting pictures:
http://www.coloradodreams.com/tfhome.htm My fave is the Lunaticks.
Acc'g. to another site, the festival hasn't been held for the last couple of years.


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