I started thinking about the 12 days of xmas song and whoever wrote that song has some real issues, not the least of which is a bird fetish.
12 partriges
22 turtle doves
30 french hens
32 calling birds
35 golden rings
36 geese a laying
35 swans a swimming
32 maids a milking
27 ladies dancing
30 lords a leaping
22 pipers piping
12 drummers drumming
So that's 167 birds, not to mention the geese are laying so there is bound to be more, many many more.
35 golden rings, not a bad haul for christmas. the likelyhood of wearing 35 rings on your fingers all at once is slim... Perhaps they are piercings?
32 maids a milking, correct me if I'm wrong but doesnt this imply cows as well?
167 birds, 32 cows.. Hope you don't live in an apartment...
And lets not forget the fact that an entire broadway musical is dragged over to your place over the course of 4 days. 91 performers total, and if you have ever been around actors and musicians you probably know what Im saying when I say - Hide the gold rings
On the bright side you will learn recipes for geese eggs that involve milk, learn how to cook all sorts of birds and probably get a job as caterer to a broadway show, and you should fit right in backstage with all the piercings....
One thing that puzzles me is you get lords a leaping and ladies dancing before you even get any musicians, so clearly these performers are not there to entertain you, Im puzzled as to why they are there...
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Ferran Brodsky
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Siobhan Taylor
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12-19-2004 01:32
One thing that puzzles me is you get lords a leaping and ladies dancing before you even get any musicians, so clearly these performers are not there to entertain you, Im puzzled as to why they are there... Probably got bored and were hoping you could provide music, or at least food. _____________________
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Garoad Kuroda
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12-19-2004 01:36
Hey wait a sec I heard something like this on the radio awhile ago lol...
Yes what IS it with the birds? Well maybe if they were deep fried it might be halfway decent. _____________________
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Sydney Jacobs
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12-19-2004 12:59
I started thinking about the 12 days of xmas song and whoever wrote that song has some real issues, not the least of which is a bird fetish. 12 partriges 22 turtle doves 30 french hens 32 calling birds 35 golden rings 36 geese a laying 35 swans a swimming 32 maids a milking 27 ladies dancing 30 lords a leaping 22 pipers piping 12 drummers drumming Actual that song was written during christian oppression. The lyrics are actually code to christian themes that i don't remember what they are. So ppl could worship their god without worry of athiests or the government ( which i think was when england was under the rule of a very anti catholic king or queen ( also don't remember who) )having any idea what they were actually singing about. *thinks about looking into this to get the facts* Just a bit of useless knowledge. |
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Isis Becquerel
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12-19-2004 14:54
http://www.cin.org/twelvday.html
The other symbols mean the following: 2 Turtle Doves = The Old and New Testaments 3 French Hens = Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues 4 Calling Birds = the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists 5 Golden Rings = The first Five Books of the Old Testament, the "Pentateuch", which gives the history of man's fall from grace. 6 Geese A-laying = the six days of creation 7 Swans A-swimming = the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments 8 Maids A-milking = the eight beatitudes 9 Ladies Dancing = the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit 10 Lords A-leaping = the ten commandments 11 Pipers Piping = the eleven faithful apostles 12 Drummers Drumming = the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed But this is supposedly not true (nice sentiment though) http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/12days.asp _____________________
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Olympia Rebus
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12-19-2004 16:52
Believe it or not, my highs school choir included this song in the holiday show (the music is different than the original):
The 12 Days After Christmas The first day after Christmas, my true love and I had a figh And so I chopped the pear tree down, and burned it just for spite. And with a single cartridge, I shot that blasted partridge... The second day after Christmas, I put on the old rubber gloves And very gently wrung the necks of both the turtle doves... ...The four calling birds were a big mistake for their language was obscene The five golden rings were completly fake, and they turned my fingers green ...on the seventh day what a mess I found: all seven of the swiming swans had drowned... and so on. Odd I can remember the lyrics to that dumb song but I can't remember where I put the car keys!  _____________________
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