That's my association, too, Hal. Along with rhyming
"oil" with "world" (as Tom Waits does in _Real Gone_).
Candice
"I'm holding out for that teenage feeling"
(Neko Case)
--- Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> "Poifect," as I recall, is vintage Brooklynese.
>
> Hal
>
> "Time is what keeps us waiting."
>
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> On Jan 21, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Kenneth Wolman wrote:
>
> > Anny Ballardini wrote:
> >> I cannot remember where I first heard the
> exclamation:
> >> "Poifect"
> >> such a full-mouthed surmounted by moustache
> >> self-gratifying expression of round-bellied irony
> > If you watched Saturday Night Live you may have
> seen it, late
> > 1970s. It was a fake ad for a Ford. The sedan
> can go over rough
> > roads, keep a soft and smooth ride. To prove it,
> they get a
> > "rabbi" to circumcise a baby while the car is
> going over a
> > washboard road. The chauffeur, played by Garrett
> Morris, looks
> > back with a horrified double-take. The baby is
> being held by his
> > parents, who are beaming. The rabbi does the job
> on the baby boy,
> > he does this normal squeaky cry, and at that point
> the rabbi
> > exclaims "POIFECT!" I don't remember Morris'
> reaction--something
> > like trying not to faint?:-)
> >
> > That is what I thought of when I saw "Poifect!"
> It's a bit much
> > and was even then.
> >
> > ken
> >
> > --------------------
> > Ken Wolman andreachenier.net
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> >
> > DO NOT ADJUST YOUR MIND: IT IS REALITY THAT IS
> MALFUNCTIONING
>
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