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Ten little possums

18 Aug 99 - 10:55 AM (#106157)
Subject: Ten little possums
From: Roger the zimmer

Ten little possums sitting in a line
But one was sitting on Big Mick's stool
And then there were nine...

over to you...


18 Aug 99 - 10:59 AM (#106161)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Bert

Nine little possums in the tavern rather late
One fell in the jello tub
and then there were eight


18 Aug 99 - 11:03 AM (#106162)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: catspaw49

Eight little possums
Waiting at the gate
Looking for Fast Eddie
Hmmmm..........still eight.

Spaw


18 Aug 99 - 11:15 AM (#106170)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Bert

Great one 'Spaw


18 Aug 99 - 11:16 AM (#106174)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: katlaughing

Eight little possums
Tearing at their hair
C'spaw blew two, left six
Noone knows where!


18 Aug 99 - 11:20 AM (#106177)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: catspaw49

LMAO!!!!!!!!! Glad you still have a sense of humor Kat. Has the SANEVAC chopper arrived yet?

Spaw


18 Aug 99 - 11:27 AM (#106179)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Alice

Six little possums
Holding up the thread
Joe came back to town
Now 5 are dead.


18 Aug 99 - 11:32 AM (#106183)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: catspaw49

OH GOD.........LMAOLMAO.......this is really turrning into a helluva' funny day..........Have you checked Bert's post on Amusing Music? Great One Alice!!!!!!

Spaw


18 Aug 99 - 11:32 AM (#106184)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: MMario

Seven little possums flinging frozen fish one got whacked - then there were six


18 Aug 99 - 11:50 AM (#106191)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Wolfgang

I'm sitting here with a prewritten verse bringing them down to three. Can't you kill one more of them? I'll give you some rhyme words: whore, floor, door, more, bore, gore, galore, folklore,...


18 Aug 99 - 12:00 PM (#106193)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: MMario

five dead possums
lying on the floor
one resurected
then there were four


18 Aug 99 - 12:02 PM (#106195)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Wolfgang

thanks MMario:

Four little possums
found a recipe,
they tried it out
with one of them
they liked it all, well, three.
(now they are down to three)

Wolfgang


18 Aug 99 - 12:26 PM (#106200)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: catspaw49

One little possum
By the name of Cleigh
You can't wipe him out here
'Cause I'm taking him away!!!

Spaw


18 Aug 99 - 12:31 PM (#106203)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: harpgirl

negative one little possum looking for a mate...if he finds her here will they make a figure eight?


18 Aug 99 - 12:38 PM (#106206)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Wolfgang

When A. Christie wrote her 'Ten little persons' she wrote a happy and an unhappy end. Here's the happy end sensu Christie for the possums in order to come full circle and make them ten again

:
One little possum found at last a mate. She loved him, he made love to her, now they are two plus eight.


18 Aug 99 - 12:45 PM (#106212)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: MMario

Two little possums
have an oven with a bun
When the door gets opened
There'll be another one!


18 Aug 99 - 01:23 PM (#106225)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Jeri

Point of logic (apologies for being non-traditional) - MMario, if there were five possoms left and they start out dead in your verse, one being resurrected would leave one.

If you were referring to the previously dead possoms - if one if one resurrected, there'd be six.

Three possoms in the Tavern One left a little poo Barb got a bazooka Now there are just two.


18 Aug 99 - 01:38 PM (#106231)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Alice

Yay for Barb. Banish those pesky possum pics.


18 Aug 99 - 01:40 PM (#106232)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: MMario

nope - there were five DEAD possums - previously killed in the song...one resurrected...giving you FOUR DEAD possums.

my mind works in strange ways....


18 Aug 99 - 02:03 PM (#106237)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Jeri

Hey, you can't go from possums to anti-possums just like that! Or then again, we could reverse the thread and go back down to zero again.

Nine dead possoms
Had met an early fate
One was only 'playing possum'
So there really were just eight.


18 Aug 99 - 02:45 PM (#106252)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Bert

Eight dead possums
who should have gone to heaven
but Cletus had one for his lunch
and then there were seven


18 Aug 99 - 02:55 PM (#106256)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: MMario

Seven dead possums
were getting mighty whiff
One disintegrated
and then there were six


18 Aug 99 - 03:30 PM (#106280)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Fadac

Six dead little possoms all in a row, Along came the cat! Meow! (ho ho ho)

Now there are five Along came Big Mic Stepped on one! He slipped!

Still five dead possoms and a Big Mic, playing possom.


18 Aug 99 - 04:25 PM (#106302)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: harpgirl

I think we should all get a life!


18 Aug 99 - 05:03 PM (#106314)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Bert

five dead possums
Lying on the floor
Harpgirl made one get a life
and then there were four


19 Aug 99 - 03:47 AM (#106442)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Roger the zimmer

...I just lost the bet I had with myself, I thought you'd have this thread all wrapped up and killed in ten! It's now officially dead and the drinks in the Mudcat Tavern are on me!


19 Aug 99 - 09:19 AM (#106489)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Nathan in Texas

In the Mudcat Tavern
The jukebox is shakin'
"Carve that Possum"
By Uncle Dave Macon!


20 Aug 99 - 07:31 AM (#106789)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Bert

Come on Guys! (using Guys in the Western sense which includes Gals) It's not often you get a good song writing exercise like this.

Four dead possums
went for burial at sea
one went to Fiddlers Green
and then there were three

Bert


20 Aug 99 - 09:01 AM (#106809)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: MMario

Three dead possums
whose ends 'spaw blew
One of 'em burst!
Leaving only two.


21 Aug 99 - 06:05 AM (#107152)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Banjer

Three little possums
Sitting on a stump
Spaw picked one up and blew up his rump
Said the other two,
'Boy that looks like FUN!
Spaw scooped them all up
Now there are none!


12 Nov 10 - 12:25 PM (#3030434)
Subject: RE song about a possum
From: GUEST,Raywick

can anyone tell what this song is? there's a half dozen possums in the middle of the road.


12 Nov 10 - 01:42 PM (#3030495)
Subject: RE: Ten little possums
From: Melissa

GuestRaywick,

Blue and Gray Pickers call that one "Possum on the Road"