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Dave

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Dec 3, 1993, 4:34:21 PM12/3/93
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HELP! I can't figure out what our good friend Weird Al is aying in his tune
"Happy Birthday." The line is "Your father's in the gutter with the
wretched and the poor/Your mother's in the kitchen with a" blah blah blah.
What's Al saying?? This was from the days when musicians didn't print
lyrics in albums, just to drive you crazy in that "Louie, Louie" way.

-Dave
dco...@andy.bgsu.edu
"Aww, look dude, it's Christmas Eve. I could be home right now,
drinking this monster eggnog my brother makes with lighter fluid."

David Dixon

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Dec 3, 1993, 6:26:52 PM12/3/93
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In article <dcornel-03...@m32-117.bgsu.edu>,

Dave <dco...@andy.bgsu.edu> wrote:
>HELP! I can't figure out what our good friend Weird Al is aying in his tune
>"Happy Birthday." The line is "Your father's in the gutter with the
>wretched and the poor/Your mother's in the kitchen with a" blah blah blah.
>What's Al saying?? This was from the days when musicians didn't print
>lyrics in albums, just to drive you crazy in that "Louie, Louie" way.

"A can of Cycle Four" Back in the early 80's, one of the major dog-food
manufacturers made and marketed a series of dogfoods for different-aged
dogs. Cycle One for puppies, Cycle Two for small dogs, etc. I don't
think they're still around, or at least I haven't seen them in the stores
for a while.

D^2


Mark Loop

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Dec 3, 1993, 8:18:54 PM12/3/93
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dco...@andy.bgsu.edu (Dave) writes:

Your mother's in the kitchen with a can of Cycle - 4.

Cycle 4 is (or was) a canned dog food.

Mark

Weird Al

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Dec 3, 1993, 9:48:36 PM12/3/93
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The line is:

Your daddy's in the gutter with the wretched and the poor.
Your mama's in the kitchen with a can of Cycle Four.

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Mark Joseph Delano

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Dec 3, 1993, 10:15:12 PM12/3/93
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Excerpts from netnews.rec.music.dementia: 3-Dec-93 Happy B-Day mystery
quote Da...@andy.bgsu.edu (522)

> HELP! I can't figure out what our good friend Weird Al is aying in his tune
> "Happy Birthday." The line is "Your father's in the gutter with the
> wretched and the poor/Your mother's in the kitchen with a" blah blah blah.
> What's Al saying?? This was from the days when musicians didn't print
> lyrics in albums, just to drive you crazy in that "Louie, Louie" way.

> -Dave


On instinct I'd say its "can of cycle four."
but I'd have to check.


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vincent torre

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Dec 3, 1993, 11:43:17 PM12/3/93
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As far as I can tell, he's saying, "Your mother's in the kitchen with
a can of Cycle 4." Cycle 4 was (and maybe still is, I'm not sure) a
type of dog food.


"OK, OK, You don't want to talk about the Androsynth. If you did,
what would you say?"
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Robert A. Jung

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Dec 4, 1993, 12:06:42 AM12/4/93
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In article <dcornel-03...@m32-117.bgsu.edu> dco...@andy.bgsu.edu (Dave) writes:
>HELP! I can't figure out what our good friend Weird Al is aying in his tune
>"Happy Birthday." The line is "Your father's in the gutter with the
>wretched and the poor/Your mother's in the kitchen with a" blah blah blah.
>What's Al saying?

"Your mother's in the kitchen with a can of Cycle 4." The dog food system,
anyone else remember it?

--R.J.
B-)

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Timothy Winslow

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Dec 4, 1993, 10:13:30 AM12/4/93
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In rec.music.dementia article <dcornel-03...@m32-117.bgsu.edu>, dco...@andy.bgsu.edu (Dave) wrote:
:"Happy Birthday." The line is "Your father's in the gutter with the

:wretched and the poor/Your mother's in the kitchen with a" blah blah blah.

Your mother's in the kitchen with a can of cycle 4. Dog food that is, fake
meat, doggie treat.

(Oh I guess I got into the Beverly Hillbilly mood there for a second.)

Now does it make more sence?

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