[Tutor] [OT] Re: How is "set(ls).add('a') evaluated? [Was: Re: A program that can check if all elements of the list are mutually disjoint]

Marc Tompkins marc.tompkins at gmail.com
Mon Jun 7 23:17:16 EDT 2021


On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 7:54 PM David <bouncingcats at gmail.com> wrote:

> "bouncingcats" is a reference to vocal percussion.
> "the imitation or approximation of percussion instruments
> ... music with your mouth ..." [1]
> Some time later, it was even used as the title of a
> documentary film on the subject [2].
>
> Because repeatedly vocalising the phrase
>   bouncingcatsbouncingcatsbouncingcats....
> creates a percussive sound similar to
> the rhythm tracks of contemporary dance music.
>
> When it gets boring, you can throw in "baboonsandpigs..."
>

The one that always comes to my mind is "Boots & Pants", which I first
heard as a throwaway joke in a GEICO commercial but later learned is a
real, fairly popular dance song.  Who knew? Before that, I'd just been
saying "UntzUntzUntzUntzUntz..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYXla8N-Qq4


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