[78-L] Kansas City Kitty

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Mon Jan 11 22:47:05 PST 2010


Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 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
>>
>> _______________________________________________
"My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii"?

      Julian Vein


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