[78-L] Kansas City Kitty

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Mon Jan 11 20:17:31 PST 2010


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "simmonssomer" <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
> Matter of fact it is very famous and impossible to forget!
> Fats Waller was the vehicle when he recorded "You Meet The Nicest People 
> In
> Your Dreams" BB B-10346  6/28/39.
> He sang........
> "I've looked the whole world over
>>From Hackenacksack to Dover"
>
There is/was a long-standing assumption that town names with "K's" in them
(mostly old Indian names...!) are inherently funny...! I have visited 
Keokuk,
Kankakee and Kalamazoo; all are ordinary midwestern cities, but all are
considered humourous...!

Steven C. Barr 




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