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[benchilada]

INTERLUDE:

Sexual Orientation Confusion in Children's Songs:

"Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
 Merry, merry king of the bush is he.
 Laugh, kookaburra, laugh, kookaburra,
 Gay your life must be."

Discuss.

Comments

[anvilchorus]

I like the version where he gets hit by a train.

[benchilada]

Yes.
That one.

...fucking crackheads...

[anvilchorus]

My wife was none too happy when I sang that version to my son. Like he knows what a fucking kookaburra is.

[mwissa]

Heh, I've known lot's of guys who would love to be merry kind of the bush. Or, should I say, who thought that they were..

[benchilada]

c.f. icon.

[mwissa]

Ok, I am going to show my interwebs idiocy here, but...

what exactly does c.f. stand for? I have seen it, but never knew.

and...

kind = king

[benchilada]

No interwebs idiocy at all.
Englishmajorspeak.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.f.

[kimotrio]

I've always heard:

"Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Eating all the gumdrops he can see
Stop, kookaburra, stop, kookaburra,
Please save some for me."

[benchilada]

That's because your parents/school system tried to ruin your life.

[kimotrio]

...those bastards!!

[luzclarita]

No. That is wrong! I've always known it the way Ben posted it. The only variant was the last line was "How gay your life must be."

[nyhamsterhouse]

Wait a second.

HE. BUSH. GAY.

President Bush is GAY?

[benchilada]

IF WE CAN PROVE IT, WE WILL RULE THE PLANET!

[juniperesque]

I know the lyrics as,

"Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gumdrops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra, Stop, Kookaburra
Leave some there for me."

[juniperesque]

... so apparently the school system tried to ruin my life, too, as I can see by kimotrio's comment.