[78-L] Kansas City Kitty

[Royal Pemberton]

My dad (Royal John 'Pete' Pemberton Jr, 1922-1983) was from Keokuk....my
parents and I lived there from 1976 to 1990--a good place to leave!

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:53 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> 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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