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Wednesday, February 28, 2007It's a pheasant plucking life!
Chris supplied the following tongue twister a few posts ago:
I'm not the pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant plucker's son I'm only plucking pheasants Till the pheasant plucker comes I'm not the pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant plucker's mate I'm only plucking pheasants Cos the pheasant plucker's late I'm not the pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant plucker's wife And when we pluck together It's a pheasant plucking life! I'm enchanted, especially as I always thought there was only one verse. (It's always nice when you discover new verses to something you know, yes?) Suddenly the little ditty looks infinitely expandable. So, to ensure that everyone's tongue gets tangled, I've added some verses of my own. I'm not the pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant plucker's proxy I'm only plucking pheasants Till the pheasant plucker stops me I'm not the pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant plucker's aunt I'm only plucking pheasants Cos the pheasant plucker can't I'm not the pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant plucker's man I'm only plucking pheasants Till the pheasant plucker can I'm not the pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant plucker's master I'm only plucking pheasants So the pheasants get plucked faster That last particularly twisty verse was contributed by my boyfriend, credit where it's due. Subsequently I mentioned this game to my friend Claire Bott - link here to buy a book she wrote as a tie-in the Time Hunter series, any Dr Who fans) - and she came up with another one: I'm not the pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant plucker's friend I'm only plucking pheasants Till the pheasant plucking ends - which is admirable, I think. Reflecting on the huge amount of help this pheasant plucker seems to be getting led me to the following conclusion: I'm not the pheasant plucker But the pheasant plucker's lazy I'm only plucking pheasants Cos the pheasant plucker pays me Which is all I can think of for now. So come along, everyone in the pool. Who's got a new verse they'd like to contribute?
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(this version is only to be used on Talk-Like-a-Pirate-Day)
Arr! I be pluckin' the captain's pheasant And this hook don't be makin' the pheasant pluckin' pleasant For the plunder he plucked, he forgot to share it And what kind of captain has a pheasant for a parrot? Arr!
Good grief! Very impressive. Have to say, I did not see that coming.
What on earth is talk-like-a-pirate-day?
Arr, missy. Ye never heard of Talk-Like-a-Pirate- Day?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day
My word. You learn something new every day!
(Or should that be something along the lines of 'Why, by thunder, there be always something new upon the horizon?') I'm not the pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant plucker's skipper I'm only plucking pheasants So the pheasants get plucked quicker (Yes, all right, I'm plagiarising my boyfriend's verse there. Sorry. How about this:) We bain't the pheasant plucker We'm the pheasant plucker's crew We'm only plucking pheasants Till the pheasant plucker do
I was the pheasant plucker
Now I break corn to bits My life was plucking pheasant And now it's shucking fit. Doesn't quite work...
I'm not the pheasant plucker
I'm a pheasant-plucking fox I'm only plucking pheasants Till he brings me some ducks.
I'm not the pheasant plucker
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