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#2806 |
lives inside a Mobius strip
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I know a guy in the military who uses "forward" instead of "straight" when giving directions. He gave his reason for it by saying that the road may not be straight in the direction of travel, so "forward" is more accurate. It makes sense when he explains it.
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#2807 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
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I had a friend, way back when, who said "go forward, not straight" but she meant straight as in drug and alcohol free.
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#2808 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Happy:
Ignerence is being insulted with the wrong werd. Hoooooooooooooooo ![]()
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#2809 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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I'm happy because the big gum tree next door didn't fall on my house last night.
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#2810 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Wow...you just reminded me of that old kid's song
Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree Eating all the gumdrops he can see Laugh Kookaburra laugh Kookaburra Save some.... Don't remember the rest but I bet when I sang it as a kid I had no idea from where it originated. Cool!
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#2811 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree
Merry merry king of the bush is he Laugh Kookaburra laugh Kookaburra kookaburra laugh your day is long. That's the only verse I know. I guess we could google it?
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#2812 |
Doctor Wtf
Join Date: Oct 2007
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I saw a tv interview with a little old lady who said she wrote that song as a girl-guides activity when she was about 14.
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#2813 |
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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We used to sing three verses:
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Merry merry king of the bush is he Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra That's the life for me. Kookaburra sits in the gumdrop tree Eating all the gumdrops he can see Stop Kookaburra, stop Kookaburra Save some there for me. Kookaburra sits on the railroad tracks Along comes a train and squashes him flat Poor Kookaburra, poor Kookaburra That's the end of that. |
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#2814 |
trying hard to be a better person
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We never sang that song when I was in school. The only reason I know it is because mum had a tape with lots of short kids tunes on it. That was one of them.
I guess it was our equivalent of The Wiggles back then. lol Oh no, that was romper room.
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#2815 |
We have to go back, Kate!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Yorkshire
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That song made it over here too.
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#2816 |
polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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We sang it as Brownies.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Merry merry king of the bush is he Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra Gay your life must be (ha ha ha) The ha ha's are part of the song, not me laughing at the word gay. We'd sing it in a round, like London Bridge is Falling Down. Until Clod wrote it out, I never thought about the second line and the fact it was an Australian song. In my mind it was always, "Merry merry king of the bushes, he." Funny how you accept things as a child rather than question them. |
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#2817 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Sweet!
Accepting things as a child: the alphabet, to me, contained the letter "elemenno." It just did. I finally figured it out a few years ago.
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#2818 |
Only looks like a disaster tourist
Join Date: Feb 2007
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"London Bridge is falling down"? I always thought it was "London britches falling down."
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#2819 |
To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet!
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I am stoked. I have clotted up 160GB of hard drive and I ordered another 750 form newegg yesterday afternoon. I just checked the tracking number and it is on the local ups truck for delivery toady. Nice. now back to scanning.
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#2820 |
I know, right?
Join Date: Aug 2008
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I am done with fall quarter!
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