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Joey Ramone (from Hey! Ho! Let's Go! The Ramones Anthology by David Fricke): "Cretin Hop came from when we were in St. Paul, Minnesota. We went some place to eat and there were just all these cretins all over the place. And there was a Cretin Avenue, where we drove into the city." (thanks, Katie - Goulburn)
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I think the part "4,5,6,7, all good cretins go to heaven" is a parody of the Beatles song You Never Give Me Your Money where Paul says "1,2,3,4,5,6,7, all good children go to heaven" 21 times I think.
- Kendall, thomasville, GA