What's making you happy today? - Page 188

sweetwater · 11-19-2008, 01:17 PM

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.

Shawnee123 · 11-19-2008, 01:47 PM

I had a friend, way back when, who said "go forward, not straight" but she meant straight as in drug and alcohol free.

Shawnee123 · 11-19-2008, 03:53 PM

Happy:

Ignerence is being insulted with the wrong werd. Hoooooooooooooooo

:

Aliantha · 11-19-2008, 03:54 PM

I'm happy because the big gum tree next door didn't fall on my house last night.

Shawnee123 · 11-19-2008, 03:59 PM

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!

Aliantha · 11-19-2008, 04:03 PM

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?

ZenGum · 11-19-2008, 06:09 PM

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.

Clodfobble · 11-19-2008, 08:26 PM

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.

Aliantha · 11-19-2008, 08:31 PM

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.

DanaC · 11-20-2008, 06:27 AM

That song made it over here too.

Sundae · 11-20-2008, 07:14 AM

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.

Shawnee123 · 11-20-2008, 08:06 AM

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.

HungLikeJesus · 11-20-2008, 09:43 AM

"London Bridge is falling down"? I always thought it was "London britches falling down."

footfootfoot · 11-20-2008, 10:09 AM

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.

Juniper · 11-20-2008, 11:41 AM

I am done with fall quarter!

11-19-2008, 01:17 PM	#2806
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	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. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

11-19-2008, 01:47 PM	#2807
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I had a friend, way back when, who said "go forward, not straight" but she meant straight as in drug and alcohol free. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-19-2008, 03:53 PM	#2808
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Happy: Ignerence is being insulted with the wrong werd. Hoooooooooooooooo : __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-19-2008, 03:54 PM	#2809
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'm happy because the big gum tree next door didn't fall on my house last night. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-19-2008, 03:59 PM	#2810
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	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! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-19-2008, 04:03 PM	#2811
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	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? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-19-2008, 06:09 PM	#2812
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	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. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-19-2008, 08:26 PM	#2813
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	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. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-19-2008, 08:31 PM	#2814
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	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. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-20-2008, 06:27 AM	#2815
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	That song made it over here too.

11-20-2008, 07:14 AM	#2816
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	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.

11-20-2008, 08:06 AM	#2817
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	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. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-20-2008, 09:43 AM	#2818
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	"London Bridge is falling down"? I always thought it was "London britches falling down." __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

11-20-2008, 10:09 AM	#2819
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	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. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-20-2008, 11:41 AM	#2820
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I am done with fall quarter!

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