A Conversation for Whistling Dixie: A Pop Song and Its Politics, Then and Now

DIX?

Post 1

Baron Grim

I had to resort to Google to learn that Dix is ten in French.

I was very puzzled by the idea of a currency note for 509 dollars. What an odd denomination.



Also, this entry gave me an earworm. smiley - headhurts


DIX?

Post 2

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - laugh Not 'Dixie', I'm guessing.


DIX?

Post 3

Baron Grim

Oh, absolutely "Dixie"... It also lead me to look up clips from a 1953 Bugs Bunny cartoon that would seem quite shocking today.


DIX?

Post 4

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

I think I remember that one. smiley - laugh It was pretty bad, and would not pass educational sensitivity guidelines.

Personally, I think those Warner Brothers cartoonists were cases of arrested development. smiley - winkeye They used to act out the cartoons in the parking lot at lunchtime.


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