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00. Apropros of absolutely nothing that's been written earlier today no sir I have this particular Elementary schoolyard taunt stuck in my head, all singsong-like:

Kindergarten baby
Stick your head in gravy
Something something something something
And sell it to the Navy

It's no Ogden Nash -- I mean, really, rhyming "baby" with "gravy" and later on, "Navy"? At best, one can describe it as a flawed masterwork. No doubt some 7-year-old was very proud of themselves the day they chose to denigrate their Kindergarten brethren and sistren (sistern?) but the fact remains that I can't for the life of me remember the third, and probably critical, line in the quatrain. All I can come out with is "wash it out with sauerkraut" and while it's a nice advanced internal rhyme, it just doesn't jibe as it should. Any suggestions?

01. I also realized today that, when you think of it, "velveeta" is a truly obscene word. That is all.

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Yes, and from there (option 1, that is) my version goes on to:

She died her hair all purple
She died her hair all pink
She died her hair all polka-dot
And washed it down the sink

I wish I had a penny
I wish I had a dime
I wish I had a boyfriend
Who kissed me all the time

My mom gave me a penny
My dad gave me a dime
My sister gave me a boyfriend
Who kissed me all the time

Then mom took back the penny
And dad took back the dime
My sister took back the boyfriend
And gave me Frankenstein [the scientist? oh, how I kid]

He made me wash the dishes
He made me wash the floors
He made me wash his underwear
So I kicked him out the door

I kicked him out of London
I kicked him out of France
I kicked him out of the U.S.A.
Without his underpants!




Oh god, that was painful to type, even.