Greg was 4 when Lady Gaga’s song “Poker Face” first became popular. When it came on the radio one day, this was his reaction…
- Greg: Turn it off! I don’t like that song!
- Me: Why don’t you like it?
- Greg: It’s a mean song. They tell you to poke your face!!
- Yes Greg, that IS mean.
Made me wonder what lyrics he would hear if Lady Gaga did any other songs about the card game…
- Five Card Draw – “That song tells you to draw on cars. That’s illegal.”
- H.O.E. Poker – “Dad, what’s a H.O.E. and why would you want to poke her?”
- Texas Hold’em – “The singer called someone named Tex an asshole and dumb.”
- Strip Poker – “That song says losers have to take their clothes off.”
Oh, wait. You got that one right Greg.
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Yes, H.O.E. is an actual game of poker. I did NOT make that up!
Safiya used to sing along to Poker Face…or “Okra Face” as she called it 🙂
Love it! You could do a similar blog entry on songs about southern fried vegetables!
How cute!
They are called mondegreens. You might enjoy this post: http://thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/my-first-mondegreen/
There are plenty in the comments as well.
Thank you for my vocabulary lesson! I had never heard of the term “mondegreen” before! Love the mondegreens in your post (I feel so accomplished now for using that word in a sentence!). My favorite is “She’s got a chicken to fry.” 😀 Need to go read the comments now for some more laughs!