“I was born in 1994”

– boring
– heard it before
– tells you nothing

“I was born in the year of Cotton Eye Joe”

– arouses curiosity
– who was Cotton Eye Joe
– where did he come from?
– where did he go?
– Cotton Eye Joe

@snarthelg

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