“okapi!” Or, to be less of a jerk, “speed”. :)
Hey, Okapi is an awesome word! And I’ll have you know I immediately thought of something!
(Something besides “Okapi is really fun to say” and “Okapi are really cool lookin’ animals,” that is).
What I thought was: “I know a song about that!”
This is not surprising to people who spend much time around me. No one even asks for proof, anymore. They just sigh and roll their eyes and hope I don’t sing the song I know — missing out on an astonishing variety of clever songs.
See, it’s my goal in life to know a song about everything.
Granted, I accomplish part of it by being a bit broad in my understanding of the definition of ‘about’. The song about okapi is actually a song about a gnu. A gnu who wants you to understand that he is absolutely totally definitely not an okapi.
I’m a g-nu, spelt G-N-U
Call me ‘bison’ or ‘okapi’ and I’ll sue.
G-nor am I in the least like that dreadful hartebeest,
Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no… I’m a g-nu!The song is by Flanders & Swann, who were famed in England for their comic/clever song act back around the heyday of my fake borrowed british grandparents (I know this because the faux grandparents in question where absolutely shocked that I knew who they were). They have an entire album of animal songs, which is really great if you want to know a song about everything!
I deeply adore Flanders and Swann. One of the great things about them is that despite the fact I’ve had their albums on my playlists since I was about 6 I still keep getting new things from their satire as I listen to it now I’m older.
