[MinuteGal]

Dear, dear, what can the matter be
Oh, dear, what can the matter be
Dear, dear, what can the matter be
It's taking so danged long to post!

It wasn't an auspicious day for posting of Mother Freep Nursery Rhymes. It was click-and-wait, click-and-wait all day.

One poem was posted today for $5 added to our present $45 kitty.

We have to feed this kitty RIGHT NOW because the dillars and dollars will be donated to the FReepathon......along with some extra bonus bucks for the Best and the Worst rhymes.

Details of the contest are in # 19 on this thread. Fascinating entries already posted are scattered on the various pages, so go take a gander at them for inspiration,.

Here's a tip.....type "nursery rhymes" in your search engine. Read all the goodies from your childhood. Then put your own conservative/political spin on one of them. Then post your perfect/pathetic parody here. Easy as plum pie.

You do NOT have to donate a shilling to be in this competition. Your rhyme is your donation....and each rhyme is matched with a $5 contribution. You don't even have to be a able to rhyme cat and rat. Poetic illiteracy may win you the top spot in the "Worst" category. You'll become a famous winning loser on this forum!

It's still taking too long to post right now, so Mother Freep is now going to sail to the land of Nod in her beautiful pea green boat. Tomorrow is another day.

Hope to see lots of rhymes tomorrow to help FR reach its fund-raising goal as fast as a popping jack-in-the-box clown!

Leni

[jedward]

Hardcore Instant FReepathon Juice :)

[jedward]

Hardcore Instant FReepathon Juice :)

[Lady Jag]

ADAGES

 

1. An apple a day keeps the doctor a day
2. The grass is greener on the other side of the fence
3. Good fences make good neighbors
4. Still waters run deep
5. He who hesitates is lost
6. Haste makes waste
7. Two heads are better than one
8. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
9. Ignorance is bliss
10. The best things in life are free
11. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
12. Out of site out of mind
13. Opposites attract
14. Here today gone tomorrow
15. Boys will be boys
16. Blondes have more fun
17. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
18. Don't change horses in mid stream
19. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
20. Time flies when you're having fun
21. Strike while the iron is hot
22. Discretion is the better part of valor
23. Birds of a feather flock together
24. Look before you leap
25. Beauty is only skin deep
26. Don't cry over spilled milk
27. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
28. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
29. Spare the rod and spoil the child
30. A watched pot never boils
31. Necessity is the mother of invention
32. All that glitters is not gold.
33. Where there's smoke, there's fire.
34. Beggars can't be choosers
35. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
36. Charity begins at home.
37. Dead men tell no tales.
38. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
39. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
40. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
41. Every cloud has a silver lining
42. It's always darkest before the dawn
43. Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
44. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
45. A stitch in time saves nine.
46. A closed mouth catches no flies.
47. A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.
48. One swallow does not a summer made.
49. Beginner's luck
50. The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
51. Where there is smoke, there will be fire.
52. When the student is ready, a teacher will appear
53. Those persons who love roses will have patience with their thorns.
54. He deserve Paradise who makes his companions laugh.
55. What a man laughs at reveals his character.
56. Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.
57. The best sense of humor belongs to the one who can laugh at himself.
58. The worst men oft give the best advice
59. Experience is the best teacher
60. Experience is a dear teacher and some will have no other
61. People who think before they speak often hold their tongue
62. Bring joy to others and you'll find it yourself.
63. When an old person dies, a library is lost.
64. You have only failed when you fail to try.
65. Fear of failure is more harmful than failure itself.
66. Believe in yourself and you will not fail
67. Be careful what you wish for, it may come true
68. Hell hath no fury like that of a woman scorned.
69. What we ardently wish, we believe.
70. We boil at different degrees

 

[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.