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Freddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."

What codes and rituals does your family have?

(, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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I heard that one too..!
One fine morning, in the middle of the night
Two dumb boys got up to fight

Back to back they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other

One was Blind and the other couldn't see
So they chose a dummy for a referee

A blindman went see to fair play
A dumb man went to shout Hooray

A deaf policeman who heard the noise
Came and arrested those two dumb boys

If you don't believe this story is true
Ask the blind man he saw it too.

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Apparently there are more verses out there, and looks like I was the only one to have heard it as "Dumb Boys" and not "Dead Boys"
(, Tue 25 Nov 2008, 6:57, 2 replies)
I heard a similar one from my mum
I went to the pictures tomorrow
and took a front seat at the back
I fell from the pit to the gallery
and broke a front bone in my back
I went around a straight crooked corner
to see a dead donkey die
I took out my pistol to stab it
and it kicked me right in the eye!
(, Tue 25 Nov 2008, 13:06, closed)
graceful.
I know it as "the elephant is a graceful bird" etc.

there's always this one..

On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the Cows go Bong!
and the monkeys all say BOO!
There's a Nong Nang Ning
Where the trees go Ping!
And the tea pots jibber jabber joo.
On the Nong Ning Nang
All the mice go Clang
And you just can't catch 'em when they do!
So its Ning Nang Nong
Cows go Bong!
Nong Nang Ning
Trees go ping
Nong Ning Nang
The mice go Clang
What a noisy place to belong
is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!!
(, Tue 25 Nov 2008, 14:33, closed)
Spike Milligan!
My brother and I have that album (vinyl, mind) still somewhere.

Aahh, memories.....
(, Wed 26 Nov 2008, 3:51, closed)

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