So. I put my right foot in,

[JimmyJazz]

I put my right foot out. I repeated. I put my right foot back in again and shook it all about. I did the hokey-pokey AND I turned myself about. However, I'm still feeling a little discontented. Am I doing it wrong? :silly:

[billyskank]

1. It's been a while

and over here it was always called the hokey cokey, but that sounds about right. :)

[JimmyJazz]

4. You Brits always have to be different, don't you?

It's a damned good thing you have such a cute accent. :P

[billyskank]

It's amazing what you can get away with

when you have a cute accent. :D

[JimmyJazz]

10. I don't care how cute your accent is, though -

the "t" in fillet is SILENT! :spank:

[billyskank]

11. Then how on earth are we supposed to pronounce

Fillet-o-fish ? :shrug:

:P

[JimmyJazz]

13. Repeat after me:

Fil-ay-oh-feesh. :P

[billyskank]

18. That's what I feared

:D

[Truebrit71sbruv]

51. But the "h" in...

...Herb is not...

Or is the Love-bug known in quasi-cockney terms as 'Erbie?

:evilgrin:

[Truebrit71sbruv]

49. Different????

Just DIFFERENT??????

We are positively double-helix-like in our obtuseness darling!

:evilgrin:

[JimmyJazz]

52. I had a list going, but decided it was too long to post and

gave up on it. I don't think we've met, so a belated welcome to DU from me. :hi:

[Truebrit71sbruv]

54. Whah thangyews

I feel right at home in the asylum!

:toast:

[JimmyJazz]

55. What the hell kind of accent is that?

Is that what you think I sound like? :P

[Truebrit71sbruv]

69. Fortunately...

... not even remotely. :D

[radwriter0555]

106. INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO THE HOKEY POKEY

How to "Do the Hokey Pokey"

The "Hokey Pokey" is a simple dance that helps teach DUers the parts of the body. It also helps tire DUers out.

Warning: encouraging your DUer to perform this dance just before happy hour may cause the DUer to become excited or cranky.

In order to perform the "Hokey Pokey" dance, do the following:

Stand in a circle.
Sing the following words, performing the actions described.
"You put your right hand in."
(Put your right hand into the center of the circle.)
"You put your right hand out."
(Let your right hand fall to your side.)
"You put your right hand in."
(Put your right hand back into the circle.)
"And you shake it all about."
(Shake your right hand vigorously.)
"You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around."
(Point your fingers towards the ceiling, and move your hands up and down, while turning in a small circle, until you are facing the center of the circle again.)
"That's what it's all about!"
(Giggle, clap, or otherwise communicate to your DUer the idea that the dance is fun.)
Repeat step 2, substituting "right hand" with other terms (such as "left hand", "right foot," "left foot," "head", and "whole self") as desired.
There is no specific end to this song. Continue as long as you wish.

Hint: If your objective for performing the "Hokey Pokey" is to tire out your DUer instead of yourself, you may omit the action of turning in a small circle at step 2.v. As long as the DUer knows to turn around at that point, you can just stand still and watch your little maniac burn off some energy.

*cough*

[Az]

107. It's also a the name of a pastry in New Zealand

:D

[radwriter0555]

108. But... these instructions are REALLY, REALLY funny....

*cough*

[Az]

109. From the Wikipedia entry on the Dance

Participants stand in a big ring formation during the dance. The dance follows the instructions given in the lyrics of the song, which may be prompted by a bandleader or another danceleader.

Specific body parts are named, and these are then sequentially put into the ring, taken out of the ring, and finally wiggled around manically inside the ring.
After this is done one raises one's hands up to the side of the head, wiggles them, and turns around in place until the next sequence begins, with a new named body part.
A sample instruction set would be:

You put your left ear in
You put your left ear out
You put your left ear in
And you shake it all about.
...

In some cultures, this step is repeated to a new chorus,

Oh, the hokey pokey,
Oh, the hokey pokey,
Oh, the hokey pokey,
That's what it's all about.

[KitchenWitch]

2. That's what it's all about

[JimmyJazz]

5. If that's true, then I'm really screwed.

'Cause I didn't get very much out of it. Curses. Maybe I should try my left foot. :o

[Spacemom]

3. It only works

if you're wearing parachute pants and roller skates. :)

[JimmyJazz]

8. So, you're saying it only works if I have bruises on my ass in the

shape of roller skate wheels? My. My. Aren't you the kinky one? :P

[KitchenWitch]

9. OH GOD OH GOD

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[In_The_Wind]

6. You Are Doing It Exactly Perfectly!

[JimmyJazz]

12. Thank you, darling.

[In_The_Wind]

14. cool

[miss_kitty]

7. You do the HOKEY POKEY

YOU DO THE HOKEY POKEY
YOU DO THE HO-KEE PO-KEE
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!!!

[JimmyJazz]

16. Sweetie. Pookie. You know I love you, right? Okay.

'cause I gotta tell you - your smilie is NOT doing the hokey pokey. Or are you implying that if I dressed up like Jeannie and did a dance like that, I might find what I'm looking for in life? Wow. That's heavy. :o

[miss_kitty]

23. I couldn't find a hokey pokey smiley.

:(


:P

[JimmyJazz]

33. Me neither. It wasn't from lack of trying, however.

:)

[miss_kitty]

37. uh I was being lazy

I found this one though:


and this:


also:


plus:


and:

[merh]

57. How about these guys?

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/hokey.htm

[miss_kitty]

70. dang merh!

That IS what it's all about!

:hi:

[merh]

73. ;-)

:blush:


:hi:

[miss_kitty]

75. Hi back atcha!

:hi:

[merh]

76. So how long can we keep kicking this thread?

[miss_kitty]

77. I don't know

but we're BAD!

:evilgrin:

[merh]

78. Who us?

:dilemma:


:smoke:

[miss_kitty]

80. Yes

Us. And now JJ is dope slapping us through the use of smileys. :7

[merh]

81. oops

But since you share culpability!

:hug:

[miss_kitty]

83. I know I know

but here's one I like:

[merh]

86. I'm fond of this one

[miss_kitty]

87. This one's pretty good

For bathroom humour, anyway...

[merh]

88. heh, I've been around guys like that.

Do you think we are guilty of this?

:shrug: :rofl:

[miss_kitty]

89. nous?

[merh]

90. That damned confessional thread!

:cry: Lapsed Catholics can't handle the pressure. I do apologize.

[miss_kitty]

91. I am technically a lapsed catholic

and also technically not a lapsed catholic!

:crazy:

[merh]

92. You go to mass, but you don't stringently follow the

teachings from the Vatican???

I'm more like a gypsy Catholic, I go to masses at different parishes when I need a spiritual fix.

[miss_kitty]

94. Not Quite

I was baptised after the age of consent and I did not consent. But my mom made me. So I was baptised, forced to read and study the teachings and go to mass (technically a Catholic) and it was all done past the age of consent, without my consent (More technically NOT a Catholic).

:evilgrin:

[merh]

95. So I take it, now that you can, you don't?

:crazy:

[miss_kitty]

96. yep!

My mom was a gypsy Catholic when she was a kid. She went to Catholic school (Holy Names AKA 'Homely Dames') and lived in an area where she could go to St Joe's to see her pals; St James, the archdioses thingy fancy cathedral chuch, when she needed a shot of the glam; and Immaculate Conception a perennially impoverished church (was then, is now) because she felt sorry for them. Sometimes, she'd hit all three on one Sunday.

[merh]

97. 3 on one Sunday?

That's not a gypsy, that is obsessed. :freak:

Can never be too blessed or too thin. O8) O8)

[miss_kitty]

99. 3 in a Sunday was a rarity, I'm sure

otherwise we'dve had a priest in the delivery room ready to baptise us!

[merh]

100. I think we did!

At least the last 4 of us.

My mom lost 2 sets of twins - premature births. If they had survived, we would have had 13 in the family. When folks would see my mom with all of us, they would say "my you must be a good Catholic" to which she responded (straight faced & serious as can be) "No, I just like sex!"

I do miss my mom. :hug:

[miss_kitty]

101. I miss mine too

as of the 20th of this month she's been dead for 24 years. I still wish I could see her and talk to her. *sigh*

:hug:

[merh]

102. 24 years as of the 10th of this month.

We share more than we realize. :hug:

[miss_kitty]

103. wow

who knew?

:hug:

Do you think we've tortured JJ enough by kicking this all day long? :P

[merh]

104. I suppose so.

;-)

:hi: :hug:

[JimmyJazz]

79. *ahem*

[merh]

82. :-(

[miss_kitty]

84. :o

[frankly_fedup2]

85. They have a hokie-pokie elmo. Would that help? (nt)

[khashka]

15. Probably....

Unless you get to the "that's what it's all about" part...

I spent most of this weekend doing the Hokey Pokey. It was very loud and very soothing.

Khash.

[JimmyJazz]

17. Locking.

Oh wait! This is MY thread! :silly:

[khashka]

19. I think under the Geneva Conventions

I'm allowed to steal your threads.

Khash.

[JimmyJazz]

21. Please explain to me how the Geneva Conventions apply

to lounge threads. My curiosity has now been piqued. ;)

[khashka]

24. There's something in there

about how since she gets the Clash, I get everything else (including Lounge threads).

But maybe I read it wrong?

Khash.

[JimmyJazz]

27. You get Kate. Damn. What more could you possibly want?

[khashka]

29. I get KaTe

and Tori.

Then we're even.

Khash.

[LaraMN]

20. Did you shake it ALL about? I mean REALLY shake it all about?

Because if you only half-assedly shook it all about, you may get a less-than-stellar result. I would try something completely different. Go home, jump in the tub, and try a soothing lather-rinse-repeat cycle. I find that to be equally or even more effective than shaking it all about, at times.

[JimmyJazz]

25. I would do that, but my children have a Pavlovian response

to having their mother soaking in a tub. It requires them to pound on the door repeatedly and shout, "Mommy" 50,000 consecutive times without stopping to take a breath. When that doesn't work, the youngest one shoves a bead up her nose. In other words, my ass hasn't seen the bottom of a bathtub in more than seven years now. (and yes, I do shower).

So. To make a long story even longer: I think I'm stuck with shaking it all about. :)

[LaraMN]

36. Oh boy, do I know what you mean!

My daughter thinks that if I'm in the tub, she NEEDS to be in there WITH me. I try to wait until after the kids are all asleep but sometimes that's just not possible. They seem to have that bionic hearing sense wherein they can discern the bathtub filling, from a different ZIP code.

[distantearlywarning]

22. Sometimes it takes a while.

You might want to try the left foot next and see if it starts working after that.

[JimmyJazz]

32. I DID. Still nothing. My hokey-pokey must be broken.

[southlandshari]

72. Your hokey-pokey

is most definitely NOT broken. Believe me.

:P

[JimmyJazz]

74. Why thank you, darling!

You are WAY to kind to me! :loveya:

[Lavender Brown]

26. Maybe you're supposed to shake it like a Polaroid

or something like that. :shrug:

:hi:

[JimmyJazz]

35. Like this?

[billyskank]

40. Goodnight JJ

It is time for me to turn in. :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

41. Polaroid strongly discourages the shaking of their pictures

[skygazer]

28. ~sigh~ They always leave out the most crucial instruction

"Must drink at least 15 various alcoholic beverages before performing this ritual."

And THAT'S what it's all about. :beer:

[yvr girl]

30. Baby!

How are you? :loveya:

[JimmyJazz]

31. Tired.

There's been some really nasty stuff happening where I work. So much so, that I didn't think I'd have a job. In fact, I'm still not sure how I managed to come out of this whole mess unscathed.

But, the worst of it seems to be over. So, I'll just continue to be thankful that I'm still employed for the moment.

How the hell have you been? :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[yvr girl]

34. I'm glad you made it through

Turmoil at work sucks.

I'm OK, but I'm too busy right now to have a life. :-(

[jojog]

68. Where have you been?

[Reciprocity]

38. Joke

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which went almost unnoticed last week.

Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hoky Poky", died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in, and then the trouble started...

[MissB]

39. Hon, you started with the wrong body part.

[Truebrit71sbruv]

50. Actually....

.... that's a DAMNED good point... it's the LEFT leg isn't it?

Oh man... your karma is going to be out of kilter with your chi for WEEKS if you start on the wrong side.

No wonder you feel all screwy JimmyJazz

[merh]

61. You are right - it begins with the right hand!

Hey JJ - you've been using the wrong body part to begin, that's why it feels so "off" to you. Right hand first, 2) left hand
3) right foot
4) left foot
5) head
6) butt
7) whole self

http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/hokeypokey.html

[merh]

42. :-(

[JimmyJazz]

45. What if? What if?

Of course that's what it's all about. I'm just trying to figure out how to do it in order to obtain the most satisfaction. :o

[merh]

53. Just do it!

[JimmyJazz]

56. Total *snarf*

:rofl:

Is this the hokey pokey or a Nike ad? :P

[merh]

58. Smart arse!! Here you go - worthy of repost from above!

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/hokey.htm

[SOteric]

43. Just get in the shower before the water turns cold.

I promise you won't melt, sweet though you may be.

[JimmyJazz]

46. Can I just tell you that with the water pressure in my shower,

I DO have to do the hokey pokey in order to clean body parts? :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

44. My dear JimmyJazz!

Good to see you!

I don't remember how to do the Hokey-Pokey......

So I'm using your thread as an excuse to say hello!

Sorry your work sucks these days......


:loveya: :pals:

[JimmyJazz]

47. Thanks.

Again, I'm grateful to have a job. But, it's scary to think I might not have one tomorrow. I'm taking solace in the fact that they changed the locks and provided me with a new key. I'm hoping that's a good sign.

:hi:

[Truebrit71sbruv]

48. Have you got to the "You put your wholeself in...

... your wholeself out... in, out, in, out... you shake it all about" bit?

If not... nirvana will inevitably take a little while longer for you to achieve.

Persevere, my friend, persevere...

[sniffa]

59. put in my mouf!

:loveya:

[JimmyJazz]

62. You know it, baby!

:loveya:

BTW - Only one of those feet belong to me. The other belongs to Rev Acts!

[sniffa]

63. oh i know

both so deLicious and sniffarific. :9

who's were better, i'LL never say. :loveya:

[EstimatedProphet]

60. You should have attained total consciousness

Keep doing it until you do.

[katinmn]

66. LOL!

:rofl:

[sundog]

64. nice of you to show up

:eyes:

:P

[JimmyJazz]

65. So help me, Saint Igor

If you roll your eyes at me again, I will personally beat the ever lovin' snot out of you. :eyes:






























:P

[wovenpaint]

67. maybe you should be using

your LEFT foot? :shrug:

[lildreamer316]

71. Is there a spork for the mind's eye?

quote by: YOU.
Still brilliant.

[Bullwinkle925]

93. WOW JJ -

I was thinking the very same yesterday and almost posted.

Couldn't, though, as I'm STILL doing the hokey-pokey.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

98. The only thing you need to know about Hokey Pokey

is THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

[Az]

105. Whats all this? Thats enough of that. There will be no Hokey Pokey.

Not in this man's army.

[swimboy]

110. Her name was Lola, she was a show girl . . .

Cheers to 5000, Khashka! :thumbsup:

[JimmyJazz]

111. 5000 posts and a slap up the side of his head with a trout!

Today has been a VERY good day :)