To explain the joke, just so you don't have to be left out (obviously, once you explain it, it's not funny any more -- but it's even WORSE to just not have the referent and have it NOT explained. . . )
The character of Fagin, in the musical, has one song where he's teaching Oliver and the other kids how to steal, and the chorus is, "You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys, you've got to pick a pocker or two."
It's a pretty distinctive line if you've ever heard the song, so that's what the pun turns on.
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Re: I'm lost
Date: 2006-02-11 04:37 am (UTC)To explain the joke, just so you don't have to be left out (obviously, once you explain it, it's not funny any more -- but it's even WORSE to just not have the referent and have it NOT explained. . . )
The character of Fagin, in the musical, has one song where he's teaching Oliver and the other kids how to steal, and the chorus is, "You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys, you've got to pick a pocker or two."
It's a pretty distinctive line if you've ever heard the song, so that's what the pun turns on.