Why did Jimmy crack corn?

uzless

The So Fist

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19 Dec 06 16:00

Officer Dibble

Hoagy's Alley

Joined: 12 Sep 04
Moves: 41791

19 Dec 06 21:36

bizarre i'm the first to post the wikipedia entry, but here we go
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Tail_Fly

abraham lincoln liked it, bugs bunny sang it?
good enough for me

PBE6

Bananarama

False berry

Joined: 14 Feb 04
Moves: 28719

19 Dec 06 21:49

Originally posted by uzless
PB6 is in the corner.....

Yeah, but I'm in a round room 😳

PBE6

Bananarama

False berry

Joined: 14 Feb 04
Moves: 28719

19 Dec 06 21:50

Originally posted by uzless
"Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care."

What does this nursery rhyme actually mean?

It means the authour was indifferent to whether the corn kernels retained their husks or not...geez, I thought everyone knew that.

AngelOfChess

Joined: 06 Dec 06
Moves: 977

21 Dec 06 00:41

Jimmy cracked corn because Corn was a grammar Nazi.