Friday, April 08, 2005

This fish needs a bicycle

I woke up this morning with this phrase stuck in my head -- "I need you like a fish needs a bicycle". Well, the correct description would be I was "snoozing" for an hour between 10-minute dream episodes. At some point, I dreamt that my boss told me that I can't wear glasses to work (no clue why).

"I need you like a fish needs a bicycle" must be a song. So, I googled it (I need google like a FNAB"). I did find the lyrics to U2's "Tryin'to throw your arms around the world" which has the line:
A woman needs a man
Like a fish needs a bicycle

Apparently, the quote was a famous feminist punchline popularly attributed to Gloria Steinem but was actually coined by Irina Dunn. It turns out she modified a phrase from a philosophical text called Vique's Law:
Man needs Religion like a fish needs a bicycle

Anyways, this must be a song. If it isn't one, it should be.
I need you like a fish needs a bicycle
Like a cat needs a dictionary
Like a fat kid like cake (Oops, that is a 50 cents song)

I should probably stick to my day job . . .

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