# You put the lime in the coconut and drink'em both together **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266 "2005-04-14T11:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/61 "2005-04-15T14:22:25Z")
Hey, **lieu** , if you’re a fan, you need to go [to this website!](http://www.harrynilsson.com/) These are the people who put on the Harryfests. Everything Harry in one convenient little jade box. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/62 "2005-04-15T14:26:25Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > That’s when a _smoke_ was a _smoke_, I believe. > > (Or were you being funny?) Yeah, that’s it … I was making a joke. Yeah. Man, I hate it when I’m stupid and wrong. Which is most of the time, but still … **Greenback** , that lyrics site may claim the lyrics are “when a sport was a sport,” but I’ll never be convinced that’s what he’s actually saying. It’s gotta be “when a smoke was a smoke.” **Dolores Reborn** , feel free to mock me most mercilessly now. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/63 "2005-04-15T14:51:08Z")
Thanks. Duly bookmarked. I was just being sloppy in my cover descriptions. Badfinger Straight Up was the third album I ever bought. Now if I can just get lucky enough to catch this commercial. Apparently I’m the only one who hasn’t seen it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/64 "2005-04-15T15:05:39Z")
I agree with you **Sauron** but I found three other sites that claim “sport” as well. Recording studio ad lib? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/65 "2005-04-15T20:30:20Z")
I’ve listened to the whole song now and I can’t figure out of drinking the Coke with lime will give me de belly ache or make me feel bedda. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/66 "2005-04-15T20:57:24Z")
We’ll know when you call me in the mornin’, **Biggirl**. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/67 "2005-04-15T22:10:20Z")
That song always makes me smile, and then it always makes me think of the drinking scene in _[Practical Magic](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120791/)_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wonderwench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@wonderwench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderwench)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/68 "2005-04-15T22:14:22Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > I’ll see your Hamster Dance and raise you [I Love Egg](http://www.iloveegg.com/winopen_ani/eggsong.htm) It is audio only, but I see you I Love Egg and raise you one William Shatner “sining” Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. [http://www.frogstar.com/trek/Diamonds.mp3](http://www.frogstar.com/trek/Diamonds.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/69 "2005-04-16T00:46:23Z")
Kids love the Lime in the Coconut song. Even before the commercial, I’d play it for kids who visit me; it gets them all happy and silly and dancing around. I love the song. I love the commercial (I’ll actually rewind to watch it a second time). And I have always drunk my Coke with lime. So there. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/70 "2005-04-16T01:05:11Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > It saves time, too, now that I think about it. Add rum and instant Cuba Libre. No more looking for a lime. I’ll tell you how my version of an instant Cuba Libre went. Ingredients: 1 12 oz can of Diet Coke with Lime Some amount of Admiral Nelson (yeah, I spared no expense there :rolleyes: ) but I don’t know how much, because I just pour some into my cup without using a shotglass or anything like that. I’d ballpark it at about four shots. A bunch of ice from my earlier soda. Result: Too much soda, not enough rum. Though I don’t think you’re supposed to use spiced rum to begin with. Not bad, but I still like Captain Morgan and Diet Pepsi Vanilla better. ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/71 "2005-04-16T01:34:39Z")
See, if they screened that ad in Australia, it wouldn’t make me want to get a Coke, it would make me want to watch _ **Reservoir Dogs** _ again. _I don’t tip, I don’t believe in it…"_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@The\_Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hook)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/72 "2005-04-16T04:33:03Z")
> [@Sarah Woodruff](#): > > See, if they screened that ad in Australia, it wouldn’t make me want to get a Coke, it would make me want to watch _ **Reservoir Dogs** _ again. Thank you! Yes, the mood of the song will acquire a whole new meaning when you watch that film (though that’s where I heard it first). You won’t have coke on your mind, you will have a violent mexican stand-off and pools of blood in your nuggin’. Fun. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/73 "2005-04-16T04:47:54Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > You’re thinking of a short lived but hilarious (IMHO) sticom called _Doctor Doctor_, but I believe the theme was the “doctor doctor, give me the news” riff. > > As for all of you who have the coconuts burning a hole in your brain, be thankful you weren’t raising kids when Shari Lewis and Lambchop were on PBS singing > > _This is the song that never ends > Yes it goes on and on my friend…_ Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because… ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/74 "2005-04-16T05:23:13Z")
My evil husband just had his evil boss call me at work and sing that evil coconut song at me. Of course he knows, this means war. I wonder if I can talk my cops into surrounding their building and blasting “Bad Boys” over their loudspeakers. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/75 "2005-04-16T21:27:16Z")
> [@Sauron](#): > > …that lyrics site may claim the lyrics are “when a sport was a sport,” but I’ll never be convinced that’s what he’s actually saying. I thought he was saying “spoke”. Nice going, CocaCola, for releasing a commercial that blatantly insults its viewers. :dubious: And to use something that just about qualifies as a song (IMO) in the process. It must be about time to bring back the “liquid ass” sig line. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/76 "2005-04-16T21:37:47Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Three men? Slacker. I’ve got my own tiny little oompah band. But do you get the terrible blinding heacaches when they stop playing? ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266/77 "2005-04-18T18:29:51Z")
I love the Manama Song! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-put-the-lime-in-the-coconut-and-drinkem-both-together/299266.md?page=3)