[78-L] Kansas City Kitty

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Jan 11 20:53:24 PST 2010


Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- 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 
> 
Nope, scientific fact..words with a K are funny. I'm laughing. Ha.

dl




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