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On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 18:56:52 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

> Remember the jingle?--
>
> "From the valley of the Jolly, ho ho ho, Green Giant."
>
> Well, it just occurred to me that giants don't typically say, "Ho ho ho."
> They say, "Fee fi fo fum." It's Santa Claus who says, "Ho ho ho." So
> that's just not right, and it hasn't been right since way back when


Giants are usually mean, so they say "fee fi fo fum, I'm going to eat
*you*" (not vegetables). That one was nice - so he got to say "ho ho
ho" just like the jolly old man dressed in red.
>
> How dare those mere canners and freezers of vegetables shamelessly
> appropriate line of the beloved Kris Kringle?
>

Call it a remix. Ho ho ho was repurposed to sell vegetables. Next
thing I know you're going to start complaining that Shrek was too nice
to be a troll.


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