My wife and her sister have an old family story concerning the term "Hoopty Scoop". We are 60 years old so the story goes way back to when she and her twin sister were visited one night ( at the age of about 5 or 6 ) by a knock at the door and a very scary voice saying "I am Hoopty scoop, and if you girls don't be good, I'm gonna get you!". It seems their mom and pop were always telling them about hoopty scoop living in the floor furnace and watching them. It seemed to be an innocent way(for the parents anyway) of controlling the girls behavior.They put a neighbor up to the event mentioned. He seems to have been very effective. We all still get a verry hearty laugh when my wife retells the story of Hoopty Scoop. But she nor her sister can remember the origins or anything about where the phrase came from. Ihave even "Googled" it and got nothing as far as a origin. Although it seems a few individuals around the country seem to use Hoopty Scoop as a user ID.
If anyone out there has any information about the origin or meaning, or has ever been visited by Hoopty scoop, please let us know. Email us your Hoopty Scoop story at howard74@peoplepc.com Thanks, Howard and Pat Bowling.
