You do the Hokey Cokey...

and you turn yourself around... Wait - you do the hokey WHAT? Yep - cokey. For over 6 months now, I have been trying to read everyone's lips at music class because I was certain they were trying to say pokey and just couldn't pronounce it properly. You know, because my English and pronunciation skills are just stellar. (insert eye roll here). But it was confirmed yesterday - they are saying cokey rather than pokey. I'm probably just being partial, but cokey sounds so ridiculous for this oh-so-serious song. Come to find out, if you were a New Zealander, you would do the Hokey Tokey. Who knew one silly little song could have so many profound variations. If you would like a full history of the song (I know, you probably already have Google open and ready to search), it can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokey_cokey.

And I wonder why I find myself staring blankly at the grocery clerk when he asks me to enter my pin number for the third time.* Come to find out, I can't remember my debit card pin because I have filled my brain with useless Wikipedia information. But happily, so will you.


*(I did a full grocery shopping (= one hand basket here in London) and I had to leave the store without any groceries. I couldn't recall my pin number (the one I use everyday) for the life of me. I had to call the store once home to notify them I would not be returning (I provided some lame excuse, to which I can't recall) and to place my groceries back on the shelf. I was too embarrassed to return and I'm certain I am now on the "watch" list for a stolen credit card.