Woo hoo!! Our 4th Quarter 2007 FReepathon is now Underway!! Thread IV

Click here to pledge your support ^ ^ | 10/17/2007 | Jim Robinson

[do the dhue]

OK, adding to the kitty:

A little history behind this ryme:

Baa baa black sheep rhyme

The earliest publication date for the "Baa, baa black sheep" rhyme or poem is dated 1744. Music was first published for "Baa, baa black sheep" was in the early nineteenth century making it into a song for children.

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full! One for the master, one for the dame, And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

OK, here goes my version and I am afraid to inform you that this will most likely be in the same category as my other poems (going for the worst one, since the best will be out of the question):

Bla bla liberal creep

Bla, bla, liberal creep, why are you full of bull? Yes Commie, Yes commie, three bags full One for the students, one for the media lame One for Hollywood, who plays your little game.

At least it is worth five bucks, which would be more then what I could sell it for.

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$3.02 from Michigan
$25 from Ohio
$10 from Oklahoma
$20 from California
$50 from Pennsylvania

Thank you all very much!!

[Fiddlstix]

   Q4 2007 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$4,795.56	190	$25.24		$	$1,329.56	85
2	Texas	2,615.00	79	33.10			942.00	66
3	Virginia	2,067.00	30	68.90			574.00	28
4	Arizona	2,019.99	30	67.33			125.00	12
5	New York	1,380.00	35	39.43			490.50	20
6	New Jersey	1,371.00	22	62.32			175.00	9
7	Florida	1,369.11	46	29.76			652.11	40
8	Washington	928.00	61	15.21			290.00	16
9	Alabama	912.00	23	39.65			248.00	13
10	Tennessee	853.00	15	56.87			93.00	8
11	Pennsylvania	840.00	27	31.11			303.00	17
12	Maryland	810.00	21	38.57			215.00	14
13	Georgia	746.00	27	27.63			195.00	14
14	Massachusetts	690.00	17	40.59			290.00	17
15	Ohio	600.00	23	26.09			510.00	12
16	Indiana	585.00	9	65.00			55.00	4
17	Missouri	500.00	16	31.25			135.00	12
18	Colorado	494.00	11	44.91			145.00	11
19	Illinois	431.00	21	20.52			245.50	15
20	Montana	423.33	4	105.83			378.33	4
21	Wisconsin	400.00	14	28.57			120.00	9
22	Nevada	387.00	16	24.19			85.00	4
23	Oregon	355.00	13	27.31			105.00	8
24	North Carolina	320.00	14	22.86			120.00	11
25	Connecticut	300.00	6	50.00			20.00	2
26	Minnesota	265.00	8	33.12			55.00	7
27	New Hampshire	250.00	5	50.00			20.00	2
28	Michigan	248.02	8	31.00			50.00	5
29	New Mexico	215.00	5	43.00			15.00	1
30	Oklahoma	215.00	7	30.71			95.00	6
31	Kansas	204.00	12	17.00			70.00	6
32	South Carolina	186.00	12	15.50			85.00	7
33	South Dakota	180.00	4	45.00			40.00	2
34	Idaho	176.00	8	22.00			95.00	5
35	Louisiana	170.00	5	34.00			70.00	6
36	Utah	165.00	8	20.62			72.00	4
37	Iowa	160.00	5	32.00			20.00	1
38	Sweden	150.00	1	150.00
39	Canada	150.00	3	50.00
40	Maine	135.00	4	33.75			60.00	2
41	Alaska	128.00	5	25.60			75.00	3
42	Arkansas	108.00	5	21.60			25.00	2
43	Italy	100.00	1	100.00
44	South Korea	100.00	1	100.00
45	Rhode Island	95.00	3	31.67			45.00	2
46	Mississippi	90.00	5	18.00			125.00	6
47	Nebraska	72.50	3	24.17			42.50	2
48	Hawaii	64.00	5	12.80			50.00	4
49	Vermont	60.00	3	20.00			31.00	2
50	West Virginia	50.00	2	25.00			50.00	2
51	Congo	50.00	1	50.00
52	North Dakota	50.00	1	50.00			10.00	1
53	Armed Forces - Europe	45.00	3	15.00			25.00	2
54	Kentucky	41.00	4	10.25			10.00	2
55	Delaware	32.00	5	6.40
56	Germany	20.00	1	20.00
57	Wyoming	20.00	1	20.00			30.00	1
58	Malaysia	20.00	1	20.00
59	Armed Forces - Pacific	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	1
	Norway						10.00	1
	Japan						20.00	1
	China						10.00	1
Never Never Land		995.00	28	35.54			223.00	18
60 locations total		$31,211.51	944	$33.06		$0.00	$9,379.50	556

[Fiddlstix]

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[Fiddlstix]

God Bless America!
God Bless FReepers!

Long Busy Day here at the 'ol homestead.....
See y'all tomorrow.....
G'Nite all

[Alamo-Girl]

LOLOL! Buuump!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Time for a bump!

[Alamo-Girl]

Go Texas!

[Alamo-Girl]

Volley bump!

[Jim Robinson]

Howdy everyone!!

Sorry about the downtime. Looks like John got it running again, but these systems problems have us pulling our hair out.

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$20 from California
$10 from California
$50 from Texas
$100 from California

Thank you all very much!!

[jedward]

$20 from California
$10 from California
$50 from Texas
$100 from California

[jedward]

Nite all! BTTT

[don-o]

LOL!!

As we say down South, You are a mess.

[afnamvet]

O dark early Bump For Bucks™

[Molly Pitcher]

On the beach this a.m....

[don-o]

Tennessee ping.

Lookie here! We are in the top ten and who is in 9th. Alabama? On this third Saturday in October when our Volunteers renew the great football rivalry in Tuscaloosa, let's move our state up another notch.

Go Vols! Beat Bama

dono

[MinuteGal]

"Bla, bla, liberal creep, why are you full of bull?
Yes Commie, Yes commie, three bags full
One for the students, one for the media lame
One for Hollywood, who plays your little game"

The syntax is a little taxing here. However, you hit a bull's eye for conservative smarts, although it remains to be seen whether the rhyme landed on the "best" or "worst" target.

You DO get additional cinammon toast points for including a mini-history of the "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" nursery rhyme.

Thank you very much. Your bullish effort has resulted in yet another $5 addition to the Freepathon blackbird pie.

Ole!

Leni

[MinuteGal]

Freeper Do the dhue's Mother Freep Nursery Rhyme in #277 just brought us to the $50 mark in our match contest for the Freepathon (i.e.....your rhyme will earn a $5 match!)

WAY TO GO, LONGFELLOWS AND LONGLADIES !

This $50 donation was fired off to Freepathon headquarters mere moments ago.

Now we're embarking on the next exciting leg of excellence/mediocrity in poetry posting.

Keep your rhymes coming. Consider it today's very special "freep" on your part for The Cause.

Hint: Bring up "Nursery Rhymes" on your search engine and do your own parody on one of these ageless treasures. Limit two rhymes per poet.

Even if you can't rhyme, you may win the "Wurst of the Wurst" award, so don't be a weinie and create your saucy masterpiece now!

Leni

[do the dhue]

Cinnamon

I like Cinnamon! :-)

OK, I'll go study another five dollar rhyme. Like I said, I couldn't sell these things on the street for that much!

Thank yo for your pledge, I have had some fun trying to meet your challenge!

[Eastbound]

Hi, Fidd!

Great list!

BTTT!

Best -- Dave