She doesn't know what it's all about

[cimorene]

My girlfriend doesn't know the Hokey-Pokey.

I can haz culter bareyer?

Comments

[perhael.livejournal.com]

I don't know the Hokey-Pokey either. I mean, I know how the rhyme goes, but the dance? Nope.

Betcha there are European dances you don't know about, though! ;)

[futureperfect.livejournal.com]

This freaks me out a little, because just later than this is posted:



...on my flist. Please tell me it's related!

[revulo.livejournal.com]

I don't know why that's so hilarious. I think it's the word itself: "Hokey-Pokey".

"Put your right foot in...come on, come on, people! Or we'll never get to part where we shake it all about on purpose!"

[anglepoiselamp.livejournal.com]

But I know the Hokey-Pokey! We had to do the Hokey-Pokey lots of times at school. Maybe it's a generational thing or something?

[wax-jism.livejournal.com]

That is indeed how we came to discuss the hokey-pokey.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

You...do what it says in the rhyme.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

I'm scared of the Hokey-Pokey ever since that X-Files episode.

[futureperfect.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am relieved!

[perhael.livejournal.com]

Obviously, but I never did understand what they meant by 'put your left foot in'. Put it in what? I could understand if you were supposed to put it out first, then in, but as is it makes no sense to me.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

You're standing in a circle. You put it forward, which puts it into the center of the circle.

[perhael.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, it all makes sense in the context of a circle. Now I can do the Hokey-Pokey! ;)

[ukcalico.livejournal.com]

We call it Hokey-Kokey! :)

[vass]

After the composer of the Hokey-Pokey died, there was a terrible incident at his burial.

They put his left foot in...

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Ah. The dance is usually performed around a deep fryer, you see.

[perhael.livejournal.com]

Oooh, snap.

[kmazzy.livejournal.com]

i always imagined it spelt hokey-cokey...

but not pokey!