The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for March 18, 2012

I always did think they were singing about a moray eel.

OK, I’ll bite, how do you get amore out of eels?

Written by Eely Dan.

His key is to take note – Since notes were taken from his board of keys.

This one is a stretch…. Thanks for the interpretation.

♫♩ “When an eel bites your heel, and the pain makes you squeal, that’s a moray…”

Now that was very, very punny! Great comments too!

this congers up memories

His other hit was, “The Age of Aquarium”

This pun was also in Pearls Before Swine.

really?

He suddenly realized there was one anguille he hadn’t considered.

That would be Moray Pizza!

NPR’s Morning Edition did a segment on moray eels in 2007. Parts of the closing song went something like this:

When a fish bites your thigh as you’re just swimming by, that’s a moray.

If you scream and you beg and it still bites your leg, that’s a moray.

If it’s big and it’s mean and it’s slimy and green, that’s a moray!

When people do write like that…..if they do…..I always get the joke….those that don’t….well….U know……* )…………..= /

Thanks for the comments. As a midwesterner who now lives in the desert, I know nothing of sea creatures (I like pretty creatures with wings- birds and butterflies).

Funny, I got and appreciated your comment before I understood the the comic itself. Good one. and thanks Leaky, Dogsniff for clearing it up.

Didn’t realize what a big market there must be for eels.

Once it was explained, the gag was funny, so were the puns!

Damn you, Mr. Hilburn, and your cleverness. I had this one in mind for a little while as a pun, but I never wrote it down. Ya snooze, ya loose, I guess…

Doh!

That must be a 25 watt bulb. It is as brite as the joke is.

From an old B.C. strip – Clumsy sings:When an eel lunges outand it bites or your snoutthat’s a moray!

SHOCKING!

…it’s obvious you aren’t Canadian – it should be “ah…more, eh?”

For those of you who don’t have the cartoonist’s linguistic leaping ability: the man sees eels which makes him think of moray eels (God knows, there are many, many other kinds of eels). “A Moray” equals “amore” (Italian pronunciation). So, this is a great joke if you think all eels are morays and prefer the Italian pronunciation of “amore”. Hardly worth the trip, right?

thanks

According to Hudson & Landry, the song refers to Morey Amsterdam.

this was our scuba diving song-stick your hand in a crack, and you won’t get it back, that’s…a Moray!!

When the eelIn the reefTakes your heelIn its teeth,That’s a moray.

I learned this as:

When you’re swimmin’ across the creekand something nibbles at your feet,That’s remore!