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Old 06-02-2007, 04:46 AM
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There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

Sorry for the randomness.. just something thats on my mind.

I saw a book of the rhyme on sale in a bookstore pamphlet & It got me thinking about it.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and wiggled and jiggled inside her;
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd to swallow a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cat;
Fancy that to swallow a cat!
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady that swallowed a dog;
What a hog, to swallow a dog;
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow,
I don't know how she swallowed a cow;
She swallowed the cow to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse...
She's dead, of course!


I remember my gran saying it to me a lot when i was younger.

How fucking morbid is that?

What screwed up things did your parents/grandparents tell you as a kid?
Can be rhymes, stories, whatevs.
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Old 06-02-2007, 04:49 AM
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granny. I want one.
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Old 06-02-2007, 04:52 AM
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wow it's been a long time since i've heard that one!
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Old 06-02-2007, 04:59 AM
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they are to prepare kids for the truth. how shocked will they be when some little hungry kid jumps them in the playground for their lunch and proceeds to stab them?
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Old 06-02-2007, 05:09 AM
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they are to prepare kids for the truth. how shocked will they be when some little hungry kid jumps them in the playground for their lunch and proceeds to stab them?
Not shocked at all. The way it should be.
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Old 06-02-2007, 05:14 AM
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granny. I want one.
My gran is a fucking crazy woman. srsly.

The first time i introduced her to my friends she said to them: "you'll have to excuse me girls, I'm not wearing any underwear" (She was in her pj's) Then proceeded to tell them how she'd just been throwing up in the garden.

She's lovely.
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Old 06-02-2007, 05:15 AM
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they are to prepare kids for the truth. how shocked will they be when some little hungry kid jumps them in the playground for their lunch and proceeds to stab them?
True true. I can probably thank that rhyme for my survival in the ghetto i live in. I never thought of it that way
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Old 06-02-2007, 05:26 AM
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Sorry for the randomness.. just something thats on my mind.

I saw a book of the rhyme on sale in a bookstore pamphlet & It got me thinking about it.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and wiggled and jiggled inside her;
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd to swallow a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cat;
Fancy that to swallow a cat!
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady that swallowed a dog;
What a hog, to swallow a dog;
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow,
I don't know how she swallowed a cow;
She swallowed the cow to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse...
She's dead, of course!


I remember my gran saying it to me a lot when i was younger.

How fucking morbid is that?

What screwed up things did your parents/grandparents tell you as a kid?
Can be rhymes, stories, whatevs.
Yes, during my studies of literature I discovered that most 'fairy tales' were very morbid to begin with. Full of death, dismemberment and distruction. It seems most fairy tales of English descent were mostly of sick and ill-conceived endings. They were changed to pamper and please the displaced children of the world to the states of America as their fathers went off to war.

Fascinating... isn't it?
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Old 06-02-2007, 05:42 AM
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My gran is a fucking crazy woman. srsly.

The first time i introduced her to my friends she said to them: "you'll have to excuse me girls, I'm not wearing any underwear" (She was in her pj's) Then proceeded to tell them how she'd just been throwing up in the garden.

She's lovely.
No seriously, I want one of these. Not that I don't love the ones I already have.
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There was an old lady who sold the house I'm living in. So I packed up all my stuff and the folks that bought it changed their minds. So I'm unpacking all my stuff.
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Old 06-02-2007, 05:56 AM
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No seriously, I want one of these. Not that I don't love the ones I already have.
hahaha & she looks like such a nice old lady:

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hahaha & she looks like such a nice old lady:

Nice schmice. You can but guess at all the stuff she's been up to in her time. I can sense it.
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i got told all sorts as a kid!

that little men lived in cash machines, if you eat too much sugar you get worms, Cat fish were minature cats with scales... the list is truely endless..
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i got told all sorts as a kid!

that little men lived in cash machines, if you eat too much sugar you get worms, Cat fish were minature cats with scales... the list is truely endless..
You should get her to come on KR. My grandparents can just about handle the internet. It's a worry.
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But can they handle this?
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But can they handle this?
In a heartbeat.
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How about this?
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