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[firecat]

I’ll take “Weird little knowledge gaps” for 500, Alex


I have listened to “In A Gadda da Vida” more or less since it first came out and I was today days old when I realized the phrase comes from “in the Garden of Eden.”

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[andrewducker]

I did not know that!

(I went and read the Wikipedia article on it, and was very amused at how it changed from one to the other!)

[selki]

Thanks, I hadn't known either, and per your tip I read it too!

[radiantfracture]

what

[firecat]

There’s quite a collection of us! Good company

[noelfigart]

Yay for encountering the new thing!

[jazzfish]

ooh! Does this mean you get to be one of today's lucky ten thousand for this Simpsons clip?

"We will now sing our opening hymn, 'In The Garden Of Eden,' by I. Ron Butterfly"

[mrissa]

I think "hey Marge, remember when we used to make out to this hymn" is a different kind of funny when your dad was the pastor's son and your mom was Luther League president.

I don't know if that applies to anyone but me, I'm just saying.

[jesse_the_k]

I lolled!

[greghousesgf]

before that Simpsons ep even aired I used to have fantasies about sneaking rock music into the church program like that.

[firecat]

It’s either that or spend the whole service contemplating how smutty the lyrics of many hymns are

[greghousesgf]

we must have listened to different hymns.

[elainegrey]

Two new things! Thank you both!

[firecat]

Yes I do! That’s hilarious 😹

[silveradept]

Ah, yes, if you don't hear the mondegreen, it isn't immediately obvious. Hooray for being part of the lucky ten thousand!

[firecat]

Yes I win!