I checked Google, and found (related to a George Harrison CD):
... private joke ... which included the title track "Gone Troppo", which
is an expression meaning: Going mad in the heat of the tropics
Roger Key
Dick Lague wrote:
"And Californians don't count, as you well know. They're all troppo!" WHAT
THE H... DOES THAT MEAN?! Could I get a translation for a Californian?
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Co-opted - strange way to spell corrupted, no?
OK then - invade us - that's if any of you can work out where the
hell we are given the state of Geography education over there! (I
cite the couple who asked if they could get tickets to the Vienna
Boys Choir as well while they were visiting the Sydney Olympics -
think about it!)
And Californians don't count, as you well know. They're all troppo!
Andrew
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