I'm a nuclear/nucular bomb

In the chorus of the song "Nuclear Bomb" by the Spits, two vocalists trade the following lines:
A: "I'm a nucular bomb"
B: "I'm a nuclear bomb"
A: "I'm a nucular bomb"
B: "I'm a nuclear bomb"
A: "I'm a nucular bomb"
B: "I'm a nuclear bomb"
And then in uni son:
A + B: "I'm a nucular, I'm a nucular bomb!"

But get this: they each deliberately pronounce it differently, and then sing it in unison, again differently. This might not seem that noteworthy to most peopl e. For instance, when I called Mary about it at 7 AM once, I was halfway to my parents' house in Virginia, driving on the D.C. beltway:
John: "No, but the one guy says 'nuclear,' and the other says 'nucular,' and then they sing it together, but they still pronounce it differently!"
Mary (tired): "Okay."
John: "But the syllables kind of collide when they say it together."
Mary (tired, unsure of why I'm calling so early about this): "Huh."
Coffee (in the form of John's body): "But it's so DUMB! Why would it be so dumb unless it was on purpose and therefore more awesome than anything ever?"
Mary: "Are you driving safely?"
John: "Oh, well there's a traffic jam. A tanker exploded on I-95. Isn't that crazy? Oh, you know what else? That first song on the Turbone gro record is about pizza!" (sings a few bars)

As you can see I'm a very good conversationalist. But the point here is that the conscious choice to have the correct pronunciation of a word (especially one which often proves to be such a point of contenti on) collide so awkwardly with its misfit twin, in such a doofy context, this cannot be underestimated. These might literally be the dumbest lyrics in history, but so meticulously calculated... well, I hate the band Sublime, the word 'sublime,' and the people who use it so earnestly, but I'm going to have to bow to it this time...