GAVARO - Cindy

Mathematician – Correct for a grammarian, perhaps, but not for the
mathematician: 2 and 2 are four !
All – Ha, ha, ha, ha …
Garbage man – That’s a good one ! Nobody’s gonna get that ! Well, I surely am
obliged ! You see I could use a bundle of scratch right now, on account I lent
me a mouse last week.
Linguist - A mouse ??
Garbage man – Yeah, with a gorgeous pair of gambs. A little lamb she is, a
little butt, and such boobies …
Linguist – I’m still completely mystified.
Garbage man – Well, with this dish on my hands, and them giving away 25
smacaroos on that , I …
All – “Smaccaroos” …?
Linguist – Smacaroos ? What are smacaroos ?
Garbage man – A smacaroo is a …
Linguist (interrupting) – No such word exists !
Garbage Man – Ho, it don’t, hey ?! A smacaroo is a dollar, pal !
Linguist – The accepted vulgarism for a dollar is a “buck “.
Garbage Man – The accepted vulgarism for a smacaroo is a dollar ! And that
goes for a banger, a fish, a buck, or a rug !
Linguist – What about the “mouse”?
Garbage Man – The mouse is the dish. That’s what I need the moolah for…
Linguist – The moolah ?
Garbage Man – Yeah, the dough. We’ll be stepping me in a smooch; I mean the
dish, I mean the mouse. You know: hit the jiggles for a little drum boogie…
Linguist – Please, please, not so fast !
Garbage Man – Buddy, we’re gonna have some hoy-toy-toy !
All – Some hoy-toy-toy ?
Garbage Man – Yeah, and if you wanna have that one explained, you go ask
your pappa ! (Honking signals come from the street.)
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