> so be it, death by bunga bunga”
That’s the way I heard it also, except then the phrase was “buff buff” instead of “bunga bunga”. I think I prefer the sound of the latter for the joke.
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I heard it as “death by RU-RU”
Except that it was spelled "roo roo" in the version that Dave Barry popularized...
Now, if we can only figure out the meaning of "Macaca" we'll have it made...