# Manah Manah **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339 "2004-08-18T02:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/1 "2004-08-18T02:25:14Z")
doo _dooo_ da doo doo ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/2 "2004-08-18T02:34:00Z")
doot _doo doo_ doo. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/3 "2004-08-18T02:34:31Z")
Manah manah. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/4 "2004-08-18T02:39:28Z")
[Doo _dooo_ da doo doo, da doo doo, da doo doo doo doo doot doo dooo do.](http://www.geocities.com/pieroumiliani/) ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/5 "2004-08-18T03:26:40Z")
I always thought it was: phenomenon, do _doo_ do do do ---
**Author:** ![The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_world_s_most_deadliest)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/6 "2004-08-18T03:36:46Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > I always thought it was: phenomenon, do _doo_ do do do My little brother and I used to sing it like that…in fact, I don’t think I realized I was wrong until I found it online totally by accident a few years back… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_world_s_most_deadliest)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/7 "2004-08-18T03:42:17Z")
Whoah, my apologies, **FlimGeek** - we [may not be wrong after all.](http://www.poppyfields.net/poppy/mahna.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sisyphus\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sisyphus\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sisyphus_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/8 "2004-08-18T03:44:54Z")
No, it’s _Mahamenah (Sri Lankan cricketer) do, doo, do, do, do._ ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/9 "2004-08-18T04:00:11Z")
Now I’ll be able to go to bed with visions of muppets dancing in my head. I appreciate that. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/10 "2004-08-18T04:12:13Z")
Doo bee doo bee _doooo_ . . . Tripler Drink Bud Ice, but, watch out for the penguins. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/11 "2004-08-18T04:34:33Z")
Am I the only one who thought the OP was the line right after Brodie says “And with that…we cue the music”? ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/12 "2004-08-18T05:33:46Z")
Dammit-all, now that song’s stuck in my head!! ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/13 "2004-08-18T12:04:10Z")
On a slightly related topic, I caught a Sesame Street special on PBS the other day that had flashbacks from the last 25 years. Of course, Mahamenah was shown and I grinned myself silly. 😃 It’s been 20 years since I saw that last. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/14 "2004-08-18T12:13:12Z")
So, has anone here actually **seen** _Sweden Heaven and Hell_? Is it available on DVD? ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/15 "2004-08-18T12:22:37Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > [Doo _dooo_ da doo doo, da doo doo, da doo doo doo doo doot doo dooo do.](http://www.geocities.com/pieroumiliani/) Am I the only one who thinks this this link is incredibly funny? After all, what’s funnier than a popular children’s song that was taken from a Swedish Porn movie? ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/16 "2004-08-18T12:51:11Z")
> [@pestie](#): > > Dammit-all, now that song’s stuck in my head!! Ooooooh. I can help. Sing along with me: “It’s a small world after all… It’s a small world after all…” You’re quite welcome. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/17 "2004-08-18T14:32:52Z")
Whenever we drive east into Wisconsin, about half an hour into the drive I start singing “Menomonie, doo dooo da doo doo”… ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/18 "2004-08-18T16:06:11Z")
In our house, the music started whenever we made banana bread. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/19 "2004-08-18T16:43:48Z")
_wringing hands_ Mwahah my plan is working! Actually there was no evil plan, but it makes me happy that the song got stuck in people’s heads, hehe. As for whether it’s “ **Phenomenon** ” and not “manah manah,” there was a sketch on the revived Muppet Show in the 90s with Sandra Bullock. She was playing a therapist to one of the muppets, and one of them said “phenomenon” and they started doing the whole bit like “manah manah.” **Hal Briston** , I have no idea what you’re talking about. Brodie? As in, like, _Mallrats_? **Jenaroph** , you have a banana _bread_ song? It doesn’t happen to start with “Daaaaay-o!” does it? 😉😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/20 "2004-08-18T17:50:14Z")
> [@saramamalana](#): > > **Jenaroph** , you have a banana _bread_ song? It doesn’t happen to start with “Daaaaay-o!” does it? 😉😛 :smack: No, no no, I wasn’t clear; in keeping with the theme of this thread, it goes: Banana bread Doo _dooo_ da doo doo. Banana bread Doo doo-doo doo. Banana bread Doo _dooo_ da doo doo, da doo doo, da doo doo, da doo doo doo doo doot doo dooo doo. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339.md?page=2)