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Fri, 1 May 2009, 05:44 pm
Lee Daniels35 posts in thread
Why shouldn't you whistle backstage? Where did this come from?

I found this...

Sat, 2 May 2009, 01:27 pm

Legend has it that the word Chookas derives from the complete term ‘Tio Tio Tio Chookasi’ loosely meaning ‘With hear & sole. May you always play to a full house’. Chookasi was derived during the days of the ‘Halls’. At a time when it was considered a delicacy to have a meal of chook and it could cost almost a good weeks pay, unless you were lucky enough to be in digs that had them in the back yard.  SOURCE

Absit invidia (and DFT :nono:)

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