Ode to Can I have a free ticket please?
Regular readers of Dr Mumbo may recall that last year marketing graduate Daniel Kerr blagged a free ticket to Mumbrella360 through the device of delivering a large slab of chocolate brownie.
This year, the philanthropical golden ticket to Mumbrellaa360 goes to this effort, which arrived in his in-box today, somewhat topically inspired by CommBank’s Ode To Can:
There’s a four letter word as offensive as any
It holds back a few, puts a stop to the many
She wore a tall dress and long petticoat,
over the stage her figure would float.
Strutting, swaying, stylish and loud,
with her first high kick there were cheers from the crowd.
With a ‘t’ would be hopeless,
break dancing without lino?
It wouldn’t make sense,
like a bar without vino?
Can-can, yes yes, oh for sure, lets do it,
would be replaced by fck it and screw it.
There is a positive from “can’t-can’t”,
double “can’t” means “can”, ending this merry rant…
Always found the way some Japanese pronounce QANTAS particularly endearing in this context of the A/U shift..
I hope somebody in the paste-up graffiti community comes up with some good addenda to overlay on the CANT signs..