Childrens book called There was an old woman

[ranmafan]

Originally Posted by hahmee

There Was An Old Woman
There was an old woman who swallowed a fly,
I don't know why she swallowed a fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a bird,
How absurd! to swallow a bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a cat,
Imagine that! to swallow a cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a dog,
What a hog! to swallow a dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a goat,
Just opened her throat! to swallow a goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a cow,
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old woman who swallowed a horse,
She's dead?of course!
And they sang that song in school

omg i used to have a tiny pop up book of that! wow that brings back memories!

[soloferro]

Originally Posted by wolfman-al

Why don?t you make me!?!?

Maybe I will!

[ProfessorMishap]

Soloferro, shut up. The story is an old nursery story and although its nostalgic , its not appropriate for a forum such as this.

[cmage]

Originally Posted by soloferro

Agreed, but what else is going on in this forum right now? Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, even if it has rancid breath.

Obviously you've never heard about beating a dead horse...

[soloferro]

What I'm seeing is "beg beg beg," but what I'm hearing is "choose, choose, choose."

[cmage]

This is not an instance of "begging" and "choosing", although both have happened before. This was an instance of random stupidity that has become a focus point for moaning and groaning. Almost everyone, leechers and forum leaders, would agree that this does not count as process at all.

Although I do admire the fact that you're still arguing this pointless topic, the are more constructive outlets besides moaning that could fix the problems you speak of.

1. Contribute something yourself-Gasp and horror! Seriously, it can be done.
2. Stop complaining about negative feedback to your comment- No one cares if you think this amazing, there's a general consenus that this sucks.
3. Stop bugging people who do contribute- Seriously, I wouldn't give you anything if you said "Why don't you draw something, eh?" In face, it would inspire me not to contribute anything.
4. This is obviously flamebait- need I say more?

To wrap it all up, I appluade you, hahmee. You have successfully tricked me into wasting two minutes of my life.

[soloferro]

Boy, you're worked up about this. I'm just messing around.

[cmage]

Nah, not really. I'm so bored out of my mind right now that this seemed like a fun diversion. There are much more important things in life, but I needed to practice my debate skills.

[soloferro]

Oh well, your argument was simply that i should find better things to do with my time, which is a weak argument since I'm the one who decides what my time is worth. Perhaps if you enumerated the ways in which this is not process (no mention of the woman's change, etc.) you could have formed an effective argument, but as it is all you did was attempt to redefine the debate. While it is a perfectly valid tactic, when used against someone who is perfectly aware of it, it can be torn to shambles.

[cmage]

An arguement on how this wasn't process would have been far too easy. In fact, I assumed it went without about debating.I'll admit that my tactic wasn't the best one to go by, but hey, work with what you have. However, the arguement on time was illconceived on my part, for you're right, time has different value for each individual.

In fact, it could be argued that I myself am wasting time by attempting to conviece you that you were wasting your time...I'm gettin off track here.

Having nothing further to argue that would be valid at this point, nor anything I want to, I withdraw. *shambles away*

[soloferro]

Nooo! Don't go! I have nothing else to do!

Well, an argument about how it wasn't process would have run counter to my unspoken assertion of the poems relevance.

[cmage]

*shambles back* True, but as I mentioned in my previous post, that would be far too easy of a thing to agree. After all, what something is and isn't is one of the simplest thing to argue in...well, argueing. However, argueing BELIEF on what something is and isn't is nearly impossible to accomplish because the arguer would have to change the other's mind. Unless, of course, the other person was fortified in the resolve of their arguement...Once again, I digress.

http://rollingcutter.deviantart.com/...aties-93229338
While this is one of my favorite pieces by rollingcutter, I think we can agree there is a lack of process in it. Post process, yes. Actual process, no. Therefore, since there was no process in the picture itself, it is more irrelevant than the peom itself.

For although many did not like it, it does have a little revelance to the topic in this section.

http://rollingcutter.deviantart.com/...Chaos-93228965
While this, at least in my opinion, is not nearly as wonderful as the above like, it could be argued that it is better based on revelance to the actual topic at hand...

I seemed to have started arguing with myself. I guess I'm saying that while the peom is not something I like, nor was I impressed by it, it did have revelance to the topic. XD