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Thread #81350   Message #1494734
Posted By: Barbara
27-May-05 - 09:34 PM
Thread Name: I'm Rubber . You're Glue: Children's Rhymes
Subject: RE: I'm Rubber . You're Glue: Children's Rhymes
When someone offered you an insult, you would reply, "I know that's what YOU are, but what am I?"

What about rhythm games? We played "Rhythm Ready" (and I can't quite remember how it goes, and (clap, snap, clap, snap)
All: Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
A:Number -- stole the cookies from the cookie jar.
B:Who me?
All:Yes you.
B:Couldn't be.
All:Then who?
B: Number -- stole the cookies from the cookie jar.

Missing would of course eliminate you from the circle.

My mother tells me that I drove everyone nuts when I was about five by asking them "Guess what?" and when they said "What?" I'd say "That's what!"

When I was in first grade another kid at the drinking fountain asked me, "Did you get the letter I sent you?" and when I said "No", the kid stamped on my foot and said "Oh, I forgot to stamp it."

Does that count as a game? I thought it was mean. I still do.
Blessings,
Barbara