Nonsense Rhymes

magintz · Thu 20/05/2004 23:57:30

I got really bored today and started thinking of nonsense, and remembered this:

As I was walking up the stairs I met a man who wasn't there, he wasn't there again today, I wish that man would go away!

Has anyone else got any to help me pass the time? or any riddles even that are fun...

I'll just get back to the polar bear game.... damn i lost..... :/

Las Naranjas · Fri 21/05/2004 00:11:01

That's too long, and I'm stupid, can I have the jist?

Matt Frith · Fri 21/05/2004 00:15:59

One fine day in the middle of the night,
2 dead men got up to fight,
Back to back they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot each other.

It's crazy I tell thee, CRAZY

BOYD1981 · Fri 21/05/2004 00:21:32

one dark night,
under the dim moonlight,
two men had a fight,
ags massive respec', aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!

also,

A is a word, not just a letter,
B might not be as good, but it can make you feel Better,
C isn't great, but it's better than D,
E looks like F, but F doesn't sound like G,
H is an I, tipped on it's side,
J erm, J is... J is, erm, somebody else continue this...

MrColossal · Fri 21/05/2004 00:46:49

i always learned it as:

Early in the morning in the middle of the night,
2 dead boys got up to fight
back to back they faced each other
drew their swords and shot each other

a deaf police man heard the noise and game and shot the two dead boys

or something

i think we were over this on the ezboard forums lemme see if i can find that link again

http://www.reinyday.com/rachel/daily/day/1999/dec01mov.html there we go

Darth Mandarb · Fri 21/05/2004 00:48:04

Quote from: Tier on Fri 21/05/2004 00:15:59
One fine day in the middle of the night,
2 dead men got up to fight,
Back to back they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot each other.

It's crazy I tell thee, CRAZY

This is very similar to what I was going to enter ...

Early one morning, in the middle of the night,
Two dead men got up to fight.

Back to back each faced the other,
They drew their swords and shot eachother.

The def man who heard this noise,
ran over and killed the two dead boys.

If you don't believe this story is true,
Ask the blind man, he saw it too.

I just always knew it with the last 2 verses added ...

MrColossal · Fri 21/05/2004 00:53:15

you're so slow...

magintz · Fri 21/05/2004 01:03:48

Quote from: Las Naranjas on Fri 21/05/2004 00:11:01
That's too long, and I'm stupid, can I have the jist?

Quiet f00!

Moox · Fri 21/05/2004 01:07:36

01010000010011110100010101010100010100100101100100100000010010010101001100100000010011100100111101010100001000000100110101011001001000000101010001001000010010010100111001000111

Its in binary, translate it if you want to pass time

http://www.adcott.net/binary/

DragonRose · Fri 21/05/2004 01:26:33

Actually, that "Two dead boys" rhyme shows up in "The Island of Doctor Brain" if you look at the face carved into the mountain.

Continuing Boyd's Rhyme!

H is an I, tipped on it's side,
J sounds like G, at least some of the time
K sounds like C, with a much different shape
L is inverted 7, its hard to escape
M is an N, with an extra prod
O is a nothing and P's come in pods
Q is a line up, R is a verb
S is shaped squigly, T is an herb
U are the reader, V is for geese
W is twice as much X is deceased
Y is a question, and here it do be (yeah, that line's weak)
Why is it pronounced both Zed and Zee?

LGM · Fri 21/05/2004 01:41:10

I leapt through the open window, shattered glass alling alongside me
I floated in the air, zooming towards the cement at incredible speeds
All was silent, sirens blaring in my head
Everything was still, the wind violently thrashing through my clothes.
As I gently landed on the ground, my skull smashed into a million pieces..

whee..

shbaz · Fri 21/05/2004 01:52:40

Nobody likes me, they can't pronounce my name
Though for some of you bastards, I'd say the same
But if you take off the jinkens and add tielyzabqua
it gets exponentially worse than you'd think

It's not really a riddle, but I thought I'd at least contribute a rhyme.

Migs · Fri 21/05/2004 02:34:22

Here's how *I* learned the Two Dead Boys rhyme:

One bright day in the middle of the night,
Two dead boys got up to fight.
Back to back they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot each other.

A deaf policeman heard the noise,
Came and shot the two dead boys.
If you don't believe this lie is true,
Ask the blind man, he saw it, too.

WanderLady · Fri 21/05/2004 03:22:25

Mirrors mirrors everywhere
In each I've seen my own visage
But the one in which I look the best
Is the dirty one in my garage

Phemar · Fri 21/05/2004 05:36:48

This is how I learnt it:

One fine day in the middle of the night,
two dead men got up to fight.
Back to back they faced each other,
drew their swords and shot each other

A deaf policeman heard the noise,
he came and killed those two dead boys.

If you don't believe this lie is true,
ask the blind man, he saw it too.

Ladles and Jellyspoons,
I stand before you
To talk behind you
An tell you something
I know nothing about.

There will be a ladies meeting
For men only,
On Thursday
The day after Friday

Admission is free,
so pay at the door.
We'll give you a seat,
so to sit on the floor.

'Twas a Moonlit day on the ocean
Not a bicycle was in sight
And all that you could see,
Was hidden out of sight.

"Twas a summer day in winter
And snowflakes fell like glass.
A barefoot boy with shoes on,
Stood sitting on the grass.

"I see" Said the blind man to his deaf daughter who was sitting at the corner of the round table sewing something or the other...

Oh freddled gruntbuggly thy micturations are to me,
As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee,
Groop I emplore thee my foonting turlingdromes,
And hooptiously drangle me in crinkly bindlewurdles
Or I shall rend thee in thy gobberwarts with thy blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't - Douglas Adams.

Phew, All this from my head right now...

I make it my duty to remember silly poems...

Mr_Frisby · Fri 21/05/2004 05:51:40

Why is a Raven like a Writing desk?

There is also a riddle older than time it's self and more poignent than 'What is the meaning of life' and here it is . .

What goes Black, White, Black, White ect ?

Spoiler

a peguin rolling down a hill

[close]

also - how do you spell poignent?

Peter Thomas · Fri 21/05/2004 05:53:17

I learnt the "two dead boys" the same as Migs. The rhyme also flows better that way as well.

You can hear a sing-song of it (with added lyrics) here. At the bottom of the page. Kinda cool, but kinda not.

The ultra-deluxe edition of this poem which I've tried to learn but for the life of me can't goes like this:

The famous speaker who no one had heard of said:
Ladies and jellyspoons, hobos and tramps,
cross-eyed mosquitos and bow-legged ants,
I stand before you to sit behind you
to tell you something I know nothing about.
Next Thursday, which is Good Friday,
there's a Mother's Day meeting for fathers only;
wear your best clothes if you haven't any.
Please come if you can't; if you can, stay at home.
Admission is free, pay at the door;
pull up a chair and sit on the floor.
It makes no difference where you sit,
the man in the gallery's sure to spit.
The show is over, but before you go,
let me tell you a story I don't really know.
One bright day in the middle of the night,
two dead boys got up to fight.
(The blind man went to see fair play;
the mute man went to shout "hooray!")
Back to back they faced each other,
drew their swords and shot each other.
A deaf policeman heard the noise,
and came and killed the two dead boys.
A paralysed donkey passing by
kicked the blind man in the eye;
knocked him through a nine-inch wall,
into a dry ditch and drowned them all.
If you don't believe this lie is true,
ask the blind man; he saw it too,
through a knothole in a wooden brick wall.
And the man with no legs walked away tall.

MrColossal · Wed 26/05/2004 19:49:46

http://www.titler.com/_movies/ihatemyself.html

and check out the others at the site

http://www.titler.com/

i love these people

Alexis Vale · Wed 26/05/2004 20:25:32

Crazy. I was just looking at this today:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/riddle-poems.html

It's just a guy writing about how to write riddle poems. There are a few good ones in there too.

Mr Jake · Wed 26/05/2004 20:53:07

Quote from: Migs on Fri 21/05/2004 02:34:22
Here's how *I* learned the Two Dead Boys rhyme:

One bright day in the middle of the night,
Two dead boys got up to fight.
Back to back they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot each other.

A deaf policeman heard the noise,
Came and shot the two dead boys.
If you don't believe this lie is true,
Ask the blind man, he saw it, too.

Same