Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject: The most familiar story that no one knows.
Just a quik quiz question to see if anyone knows this story. It's very common. Everyone has heard it. But - almost nobody pays attention to the story or knows what many of the words in the story mean. Here's the gist of the tale:
A guy was camping near a pond and a sheep came up to him. He wanted to eat the sheep so he grabbed it. The local law enforcement came and tried to arrest him for stealing the sheep. Rather than be taken in for the crime he drowned himself in the pond and haunted the place for ever after.
The end.
What is this story better known as? _________________ "I hold your opinion above all others, tribe elder." - Neshan W. Sarkisian
I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order, like they should be.
JAson in crystal lake _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
I googled it, so I won't give the answer away, but I will say that I don't believe I've heard this story before today. _________________ My Facebook | My MySpace
I googled it, so I won't give the answer away, but I will say that I don't believe I've heard this story before today.
That's pretty cool. I'm surprised that Google helped. Most of the key words are different than the ones I used. I'll post the answer in a day or so if nobody guesses it. _________________ "I hold your opinion above all others, tribe elder." - Neshan W. Sarkisian
I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order, like they should be.
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:36 am Post subject: The solution
OK Gang, here's the answer: It's the unofficial national anthem of Australia.
Waltzing Matilda
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
under the shade of a coolibah tree and he
sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
You'll come a waltzing Ma-til-da with me
chorus: Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
you'll come a waltzing Ma-til-da with me and he
sang as watched and waited till his billy boiled
you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as he stowed that jumpbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Down came the Squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred
Down came the troopers, one , two and three
Whose is that jumbuck you've got in ya tucker-bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
But the swagman he up and jumped in the water-hole
Drowning himself by the coolibah tree
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me _________________ "I hold your opinion above all others, tribe elder." - Neshan W. Sarkisian
I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order, like they should be.
i've heard the song before... and i think there is another song by same name by Lou Reed? _________________
Quote:
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
yeah, that kind of confused me. when i was in my Lou Reed phase i LOVED his WM. i like the aussie one, too... but not as much as the Reed one
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Quote:
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
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