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John Byrne
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Posted: 02 September 2025 at 4:16pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

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My favorite nursery rhyme from childhood. No wonder I was always a nervous wreck!

(Incidentally, I learned it in the present tense. Say the bells…)

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William Costello
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Posted: 03 September 2025 at 12:38am \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

It's also the name of the XTC album released in 1989. One of the first CDs I purchased when I shifted away from album to the CD format.

https://www.allmusic.com/album/oranges-lemons-mw0000203088

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John Byrne
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Posted: 04 September 2025 at 10:55am \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

Not exactly my point.

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Mike Benson
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Posted: 04 September 2025 at 11:22am \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

Here comes the chopper!

Interesting to me is the fact that, when these morbid and violent rhymes were first conceived, there really was a chopper!

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John Byrne
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Posted: 04 September 2025 at 11:28am \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

“Choppers” lasted a long time. The French last used the guillotine the same year the original STAR WARS was released!

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