Re: Blocked?
Posted: 12 Sep 2020, 12:24pm
It had turned into “tiger” by the late 70s/early 80s in SCHeston wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 6:20pmWe always sang "knicker" which made no sense at all at the time. Later I obviously realised what the original rhyme was. Thankfully times had moved on even in notoriously un-PC 1970s England.Marky Dread wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 5:57pmThat's odd we always sang "nipper".101Walterton wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 5:53pmUnfortunately we did sing the song:Marky Dread wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 5:35pmWe called that 40-40 save all.101Walterton wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 5:01pm
Definitely played it a lot Block 1 2 3. Lampost was home and if if made it back first you could either save yourself or everyone.
Eenie Meenie Miny Mo
Catch a n..... by his toe!!!!
Never thought what it meant.
Tiger in the 90s. I remember a parent volunteer trying to steer us off the rhyme around grade one or two.Wolter wrote: ↑12 Sep 2020, 12:54pmIt had turned into “tiger” by the late 70s/early 80s in SCHeston wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 6:20pmWe always sang "knicker" which made no sense at all at the time. Later I obviously realised what the original rhyme was. Thankfully times had moved on even in notoriously un-PC 1970s England.Marky Dread wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 5:57pmThat's odd we always sang "nipper".101Walterton wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 5:53pmUnfortunately we did sing the song:
Eenie Meenie Miny Mo
Catch a n..... by his toe!!!!
Never thought what it meant.
Not in Saskatchewan. I grew up with the slur names for Brazil nuts and liquorice babies, too. Japanese Mandarin oranges were also predictably shortened.Wolter wrote: ↑12 Sep 2020, 12:54pmIt had turned into “tiger” by the late 70s/early 80s in SCHeston wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 6:20pmWe always sang "knicker" which made no sense at all at the time. Later I obviously realised what the original rhyme was. Thankfully times had moved on even in notoriously un-PC 1970s England.Marky Dread wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 5:57pmThat's odd we always sang "nipper".101Walterton wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 5:53pmUnfortunately we did sing the song:
Eenie Meenie Miny Mo
Catch a n..... by his toe!!!!
Never thought what it meant.
Yeah we were encouraged to change to ‘tigger’ as opposed to ‘tiger’. That was when we realised we were using a bad wordWolter wrote: ↑12 Sep 2020, 12:54pmIt had turned into “tiger” by the late 70s/early 80s in SCHeston wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 6:20pmWe always sang "knicker" which made no sense at all at the time. Later I obviously realised what the original rhyme was. Thankfully times had moved on even in notoriously un-PC 1970s England.Marky Dread wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 5:57pmThat's odd we always sang "nipper".101Walterton wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 5:53pmUnfortunately we did sing the song:
Eenie Meenie Miny Mo
Catch a n..... by his toe!!!!
Never thought what it meant.