Now, you probably know that I don’t get involved in flame wars, on blogs or elsewhere. But Richard is pushing me perilously close to the edge. He has the temerity to call me a blasphemer.
I sense this is some sort of Brit linguistic snobbery. I mean, come on, the Hokey Cokey? Doesn’t that sound, well, a little too hokey? We all know that it makes more sense to do the Hokey Pokey! Help me out people, which one sounds better?
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"Sounds better"?!
It isn't a question of which sounds better! I'm trying to save your soul here - you might be a bit more grateful.
This is an issue of ultimate truth. What is it, in fact, all about? If you are determined to follow your carnal mind and continue to live by the deluded human philosophy that says it is the hokey "pokey" which gives meaning and purpose to our lives you are putting your eternal salvation in jeopardy. Return to the fold while there is still time! Repent! Turn to the true faith!! OH! The HOKEY COKEY!! THAT'S WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT.
And join with me as a brother:
Put your right arm in...
Ooooh....I'm with you. It's definitely Hokey Pokey.
Please stand firm against the heretical Hokey Cokeyists, even if it means a flame war!
The True Faith??? I can see you are a member of the Presleyan Hokeyness movement. While I'll admit that the king has much to teach us about shaking it all about, the idea that everyone has the free will to choose to Hokey Cokey is heretical.
You compound your error with insult!! I am no Presleyan! I belong to the Full Hokeyness Strict Shaker Brethren (Reformed). We believe that if you put your whole self in, you will be saved. It's a bit like being Southern Baptist, but a lot more fun!
My grandfather (who enjoys line dancing, and in recent years has been teaching it) has that t-shirt. And I have to report that the t-shirt company agrees that it's the Hokey Pokey.
Oh, and I agree as well...
Ah, the FHSSB (Reformed). I've heard a lot about that cult. You hypocrite. You talk Full Hokeyness, but, behind closed doors, you require your members to practice the Macarena to gain "heaven".
And why should consenting adults not practice the macarena? Just because the hokey cokey is what it is all about doesn't mean that there are no other dance steps which can provide some insight.
Your narrow-minded, self-righteous bigotry makes me want to vomit. You emphasise Pokey so much, you've forgotten about Hokey and that surely comes first. Repent of your blasphemy!! Turn from the broad way of Pokey to the narrow, pure path of Cokey!!!
Let me prove it to you. Jerry Falwell. Benny Hinn. Pat Robertson. Would they Cokey or Pokey?
I rest my case.
I see you have left the inerrancy of the King James Brown Version for some modern revisionist paraphrase. Your "translation" leaves out key passages from the Textus Shakeyourbootycus. It clearly states in these passages, "Man is born to Pokey, as the sparks fly upwards."
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It's a UK thang.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/timefiller/dothehokeycokey.htm
Gentlemen, gentlemen, please,
Turn it all about!!!!
Please, please, please!
Those "in the know" in the academic study of folk music would call this a simple regional differentiation, possibly brought on by the well known 20th century bowel shift.
;) Blessings and piece - Richard B.
"You shall know my disciples by their hokey".
Oh, and it is definitely "pokey".
Somewhere I read a children's poem once that used the words, "Hokey Cokey pig in a Pokey". Seems like everyone should like that.