# DEVO Lyrics/Roman Poetry

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-lyrics-roman-poetry/60597
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 3, 2001, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-lyrics-roman-poetry/60597 "2001-04-03T05:04:01Z")
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### Author: ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2001, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-lyrics-roman-poetry/60597/1 "2001-04-03T05:04:01Z")

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    - In the song “Freedom of Choice”:  
In ancient Rome  
-there was a poem  
About a dog  
-who had two bones  
He licked at one  
-he licked the other  
he went in circles  
-till he was dead

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Is this a real poem or not?  
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-Also, what-n-th-ell is the song “Peek-A-Boo” about? - MC

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### Author: ![IBBen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@IBBen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IBBen)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devo-lyrics-roman-poetry/60597/2 "2001-04-08T01:40:10Z")

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Is this the “Chris Farley Show”

“um… Remember the Beatles?”