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| From | synchro1 <synchro1@ix.netcom.com> |
| Subject | Re: A terrifying thing happened during dinner tonight (O/T) |
| Date | Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:14:57 -0700 |
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Then again there was Peter Lemongello from Long Island who recorded
his own album and then hawked it to death by hocking all of his money
and purchasing ads on local late-night TV for years. He moved on to
an actual career and became regular Branson attraction..
At 07:58 PM 6/3/2006, rob@splitsville.com wrote:
>Nah...Steve, your sister-in-law lied to you. This is stictly within
>the 'urban myth' category.
>
>I was going to school outside of Paris, 1996, and I used to commute
>to class with another American. He was from Illinois, and he told
>the same story, but...'you know she was a single mom from the south
>side of Chicago, and she loved jello so much she had to name her
>kids Lemongello and Orangello."
>
>If you trace back the timeline of that story, Lemongello and
>Orangello are juniors in college by now.
>
>That story is about as true as the Cardiff Giant.
>
> >----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
> >From: :audities@smoe.org
> >To: audities@smoe.org
> >Sent: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:46:04
> >
> >--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Coxe"
> ><audities@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> The yuppies & celebraties stole the concept from
> >poor folk. Some
> >30 years
> >> ago a friend worked for the Wake County (Raleigh,
> >NC) welfare
> >department.
> >> She was interviewing one destitute lady, and when
> >it came around to
> >> her kids names,
> >> the lady responded (deadly serious) "Lavoris &
> >Listerine" -- which
> >if you sound
> >> them out are quite pretty. There were other
> >product instances,
> >pulled from the
> >> store shelves, or TV or magazine ads, and one
> >named their child
> >Pajama
> >> (pronounced Paj'-a-ma). When my friend sputtered
> >"What!?", the
> >response was
> >> "You know, pajama, like in the Sears catalog".
> >>
> >> Yet another sad case of the rich ripping off
> >ideas & art from the
> >poor...
> >>
> >
> >True. And take the celebs and yupsters take it to
> >new levels of self
> >importance.
> >
> >More in the not so pretensious vein but from a
> >product..
> >The one I know of that's true is from my
> >Sister-In-Law. Someone she
> >knows from somewhere had twins named Orangejello
> >and Lemonjello.
> >Only pronounced Orangallo and Lemmongallo, or
> >something like that.
> >
> >Steve D.
> >NP Queen A night at the Opera (musical referance)
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