# Three Stooges Experts: a dialog question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-experts-a-dialog-question/426265>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 13, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-experts-a-dialog-question/426265 "2007-11-13T17:58:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ronald\_redball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@ronald\_redball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ronald_redball)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-experts-a-dialog-question/426265/21 "2012-12-01T23:37:27Z")

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I listened to it on a loop. I hear phonetically “veyesh eye kiuhd”. Nice Idea? Wise idea? Why’s Ikea? Yiddish for white a (veis ein) ‘kia{dt}’ (whatever ‘kiadt’ phonetically means in Yiddish)? I doubt its a pre-brainfart of Curly’s later trouble, and to me seems too clear and intentional to be a misread left in… sorry to see I’m puzzling this out 5 years after the rest of you… wonder if it is a contemporary song title. Someone answer it, its damn important. Much love to y’all, stooges are demigods in my comedic religiosity.

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-experts-a-dialog-question/426265/22 "2012-12-02T02:16:47Z")

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A more likely explanation:

> **[Redirecting to Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/alt.comedy.slapstick.3-stooges/zZwtT-0p4_w)**

> [@](#):
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> Based on the transcript posted at [threestooges.net](http://threestooges.net), Curly’s line, and  
> the proper spelling thereof, is “Oh, vici kid!”
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> Vici kid was a fine soft leather used mainly for gloves and shoes. So  
> apparently Curly was commenting on the fine, soft leathery quality of  
> the court clerk’s toupee.

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**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-experts-a-dialog-question/426265/23 "2012-12-02T02:22:00Z")

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As the OP of this zombie thread I thank you Gigobuster.

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**Author:** ![Ninthwondetoftheworld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@Ninthwondetoftheworld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninthwondetoftheworld)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-experts-a-dialog-question/426265/24 "2016-12-03T01:13:02Z")

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Wha Curly said was “vici kid” Vici kid is type of leather used to made soft leather gloves. A more detailed definition can be found by using Google Search. That line has haunted me for 50 years.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-experts-a-dialog-question/426265/25 "2016-12-03T02:22:52Z")

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Yes, we’ve known that for four years, now.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-experts-a-dialog-question/426265/26 "2016-12-07T02:48:36Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Yes, we’ve known that for four years, now.

Nice eye, kid, you read the dates!

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-experts-a-dialog-question/426265/27 "2016-12-07T03:13:09Z")

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> [@TBG](#):
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> Nice eye, kid, you read the dates!

Why, soitenly! N’yuk n’yuk n’yuk n’yuk n’yuk.

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