Post #472068 by woofmutt on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 9:06 AM

I'd always assumed "Matt Reese" was "mattress" said with an outrageous French accent like "zebra" ("zee bra") in this poem:

Z is for zebra with stripes black and white
the ladies of Paris take zebra off at night.

This hilarious pronunciation of "zebra" is also available in the following joke format which may be more suited to your cocktail party needs:

What do the Serengeti and a Parisian lingerie shop have in common?

They are both full of zebras!