They're coming down the stairs...
Jul. 4th, 2003 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ventaYou know those word games that sometimes start up, and before you know where you are your brain has been wholly sucked into them, and you can't stop ? A good example is the telling of fish related jokes - a couple of weeks ago at a fish restaurant we got into a rut where no one could break away from them. Everytime we declared an intention to stop it, there'd be a small, guilty sounding voice cracking another one.
We found another one last night.
What do different kinds of animals wear ?
The original suggestion was "llamas in pyjamas". Hotly followed by "goats in coats", "cats in hats" and "armadillos in espadrillos".
Then we got on to the more dubious "okapi in khaki". And my "kangaroos in dungarees" got disallowed, which I thought was most unfair.
And I got into trouble for muttering "rabbits in habits" and "alligators in gators" while we were halfway through rapper figures. And now I'm getting emails saying things like:
Ocelots in party frocks ?????
AARGGHHHHH !!!! HELP me, someone, I can't STOP...
Don't say I didn't warn you.
We found another one last night.
What do different kinds of animals wear ?
The original suggestion was "llamas in pyjamas". Hotly followed by "goats in coats", "cats in hats" and "armadillos in espadrillos".
Then we got on to the more dubious "okapi in khaki". And my "kangaroos in dungarees" got disallowed, which I thought was most unfair.
And I got into trouble for muttering "rabbits in habits" and "alligators in gators" while we were halfway through rapper figures. And now I'm getting emails saying things like:
Ocelots in party frocks ?????
AARGGHHHHH !!!! HELP me, someone, I can't STOP...
Don't say I didn't warn you.
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Date: 2003-07-04 04:18 am (UTC)(Don't say you haven't invited your own doom!)
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Date: 2003-07-04 04:23 am (UTC)</pedant>
(taken me four goes to post this sodding comment correctly)
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Date: 2003-07-04 04:24 am (UTC)Are you sure you've got the idea here :)
(What I'm really hoping for is a suggestion for cougars...)
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Date: 2003-07-04 04:25 am (UTC)I'm probably going to regret mentioning that...
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Date: 2003-07-04 04:26 am (UTC)Hares in pairs.
And since I've had a chance to think.
Bears in Hares (two for the price of one)
Voles on poles (and other assorted bad taste songs)
Dogs in clogs
Stoats in coats
Weasels on easels
Minks in pink
Armadillo on your pillow
Somebody else's turn
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Date: 2003-07-04 04:28 am (UTC)Climb up Snowdon,
With your woad on,
Never mind
If you get rained
Or blowed on.
(To the tune of "Men of Harlech")
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Date: 2003-07-04 04:29 am (UTC)(that's a favourite of mine :)
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Re:
Date: 2003-07-04 04:32 am (UTC)Assuming it has frozen over and moved anyway to manage to be at the top of Snowdon.
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Date: 2003-07-04 05:09 am (UTC)gnus in shoes
buffalos in mufflers
a shark in a parka
cats in spats
There. I've stopped.
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Date: 2003-07-04 05:35 am (UTC)Voles in stoles
Minks in mink
coots in boots
The cougar request has currently produced "cougar in a tuba", with the requirement that you first cut holes in the tuba, so it can be work as a dress.
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Date: 2003-07-04 05:45 am (UTC)Doves in gloves
Bees in chemises
Guinea pigs in silly wigs...
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Date: 2003-07-04 05:49 am (UTC)mandrills in frills
kudu in tutus
pot-bellied pigs in curly wigs
coots in boots
peacocks in ankle socks
rhinos in chinos (I know they aren't quite pronounced the same, but still...)∫
with help from kissifa
Date: 2003-07-04 05:59 am (UTC)magpies in bow ties
ferrets in berets
crows in bows
gibbons in ribbons
marmosets in twin-sets
grasshoppers in toppers
slugs & snails in top & tails
(also works for killer whales)
kittens in mittens
heffalumps in swimming trunks
ammonites in tennis whites
trilobites in fishnet tights
killer bees in dungarees
penguin kings in diamond rings
swimming coots in DM boots
(just for the goth crowd)
blue tits in soccer kits
insect swarmers in pink legwarmers
ermine in Kalvin Klein
ants in hotpants
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Date: 2003-07-04 06:01 am (UTC)(surly) gibbons in (curly) ribbons.
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Date: 2003-07-04 06:21 am (UTC)Now that's just stirring...
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Date: 2003-07-04 06:22 am (UTC)Cougars in Bermudas
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Date: 2003-07-04 06:27 am (UTC)manatees in dungarees
dragonflies in kipper ties
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Date: 2003-07-04 06:33 am (UTC)Me ? Stir ?
I'm sure The Gibbon is far too surly to read such a frivolous thread, unless some rotten snitch tips him off :)
Althogether now...
With apologies to Talking Heads.
And just to stay vaguely on topic: Moose in a Burnoose !
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Date: 2003-07-04 06:58 am (UTC)An angry marmott in a pelmet.
But who'd tip her off?
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Date: 2003-07-04 07:03 am (UTC)bobolink in nothink
skink in anythink
soldier ants in camo pants
bats in spats
yaks in anoraks
fabulous rocs in bobby socks.
We haven't looked these up though:
mouses is trouse(r)s
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Date: 2003-07-04 07:09 am (UTC)Cowses in blouses.
Foxes in sockses.
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Date: 2003-07-04 07:16 am (UTC)a sloth in goth
skunk in punk
a zebra in a satin bra
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Date: 2003-07-04 07:24 am (UTC)Elephants in stripey pants
Columbia Geese in Polar Fleece
Whooping Swans with Nothing On
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Date: 2003-07-04 07:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-04 07:51 am (UTC)Constipated lemur in a ventilated fedora.
Re: Althogether now...
Date: 2003-07-04 08:59 am (UTC)Yes, yes, we've been down this woad before.
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Date: 2003-07-04 09:08 am (UTC)Was it just a very slow news day in the UK? :)
How about--
cats in spats
Flies in ties
Nut Hatches with Pocketwatches...
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Date: 2003-07-04 12:33 pm (UTC)Oh please - that doesn't even come close to rhyming ;-)
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Date: 2003-07-04 01:49 pm (UTC)Monotremes with tidy seams?
Trilobites in sheer tights?
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Date: 2003-07-05 02:15 am (UTC)Which was nicked from a children's rhyme. In fact, if you look at the title of
MAKE IT STOP!!!!
Date: 2003-07-05 06:01 am (UTC)The meme that wouldn't die...
Date: 2003-07-07 01:44 am (UTC)From the weekend
Date: 2003-07-07 03:27 am (UTC)Wombats in combats
Moas in boas (from leathellin)