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Lol! The scary thing is, they could actually make ...

2010-05-30T11:17:36.060+01:00

Lol! The scary thing is, they could actually make nursery rhymes that have such spellings! :P

pure awesome

2010-05-29T21:02:15.301+01:00

pure awesome

LOL...naive is the word for what we were...I mean,...

2010-05-29T14:43:30.381+01:00

LOL...naive is the word for what we were...I mean,can you imagine today's kids wondering why anyone would wonder what a star(Twinkle Twinkle) is?Or, why Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall?(They'll probably say that the civil engineering failed his job)..:)

That's an interesting question. I am glad they...

2010-05-29T11:05:04.363+01:00

That's an interesting question. I am glad they got to watch Dora. Actually, even she says stuff that sound like rhymes!
Anyways, loved your Twitter rhyme. Very cute and I am singing it right now...:)

Pls meet Education expert Kapil Sibal asap

2010-05-29T08:11:52.455+01:00

Pls meet Education expert Kapil Sibal asap

ha ha your new age rhyme was awesome! Am sure kids...

2010-05-29T05:46:37.730+01:00

ha ha your new age rhyme was awesome! Am sure kids will identify with the tech rhyme than the antiquated rhymes... Time to change it and time for me to learn new age rhymes to tell my kid ;)

Yeah. I had been to the nursery rhyme site before....

2010-05-28T21:52:28.920+01:00

Yeah. I had been to the nursery rhyme site before.
It's a good thing that kids these days question. Even we did not use a pail. But did we question? Why pail ma? Why? No!:D

I think the rhyme should say:
"Jack and Jill got on the escalator
To get to the higher floor faster
Jack ran on it
Jill did not hold the handrail
They both tripped and fell
Broke their crowns
And everyone behind them came tumbling after"

Kids are amazing. It is not easy to answer their i...

2010-05-28T18:13:18.317+01:00

Kids are amazing. It is not easy to answer their innocent questions.

Wow....this indeed is the twitter/facebook generat...

2010-05-28T14:20:35.831+01:00

Wow....this indeed is the twitter/facebook generation. Didn't think the kids would be soo into it.
Makes even me feel like a dinosaur at times!!! :)

Most nursery rhymes have 'adult' meanings....

2010-05-28T13:23:09.648+01:00

Most nursery rhymes have 'adult' meanings. 'Oranges and lemons' is actually a lewd wedding song. These rhymes sometimes comment to the political goings-on (sing a song of six pence), or socio economic conditions. Adults taught these songs to kids because they were pretty much all they knew.

Ah Vins, this brings back memories. As you know th...

2010-05-28T12:32:16.793+01:00

Ah Vins, this brings back memories. As you know they have now started asking even more difficult questions that mom and dad sometimes scramble to answer in a non-scary, non-weird 4.5 yr old perspective.

Yes, most of the nursery rhymes are outdated. You ...

2010-05-28T08:21:40.287+01:00

Yes, most of the nursery rhymes are outdated. You replace it with new ones..like the Twitter rhyme you mentioned or come up with a parody of the old one. Like this...Two little 'dick'ie birds sitting on a Gate (IPL Gate), One named Sashi, One named Lalit, Fly away Sashi, Fly away Lalit, Dont come back Sashi, Dont come back Lalit.

Jack and Jill went up the hill To sell some pai...

2010-05-28T03:35:38.325+01:00
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To sell some pails of water
'Cos they're good little entrepeneurs
But they could sell nothing
'Cos no one wanted to climb a hill
Just to buy water that wasn't bottled
So Jack and Jill came tumbling back down
And died in a gutter because of starvation and harsh market realities

This post inspired me, LP. Fabulous! :P

Wow this post was so refreshing... I thoroughly en...

2009-10-13T13:56:16.460+01:00
Wow this post was so refreshing... I thoroughly enjoied it n went in the memorly lane...And did recollect some of the school poems....

I will not teach any studies to d kids damn I WILL NEVER EVER STUDY :P

Harya : You had to go and pick the weirdest of Nur...

2009-09-30T10:16:38.060+01:00
Harya : You had to go and pick the weirdest of Nursery Rhymes :) .

i wonder what rhymes i will teach my kids???!!! :)...

2009-09-29T20:18:02.310+01:00
i wonder what rhymes i will teach my kids???!!! :) i am not even sure if i'll ever be able to answer their "so practical questions". We will look like fools in front of them singing rhymes :)
imagine: pussy cat pussy cat where had u been?
i had been to London to look at the queen?
pussy cat pussy cat what did u do there?
i frightened the little mouse under the chair!!!!
hahahahahaha LOL :)

amit : heheh that's a Good idea...but right no...

2009-09-25T10:09:18.676+01:00
amit : heheh that's a Good idea...but right now my nephew is too small to understand. Let him grow up a bit and I surely will...

Since I read this after your Pune-first stop post,...

2009-09-24T18:25:46.214+01:00
Since I read this after your Pune-first stop post,let me say-maybe u should tell this kid about how you went round the building to fetch a pail of water?(Sounds humorous now,I know,but,it must have been a nightmare then.:))

oh wow this is fascinating...I've heard that t...

2009-09-19T07:34:50.943+01:00
oh wow this is fascinating...I've heard that the game we played Ring a Ring a Roses also has some weird origin...I think it was to do with the great plague of london.

Speaking of nursery rhymes, here is an interesting...

2009-09-19T06:29:33.719+01:00
Speaking of nursery rhymes, here is an interesting titbit for you:

Did you know, Humpty Dumpty was actually a cannon or a toph. It used to be there in the city of Colchester in UK. It was a very powerful cannon. But during one battle, it fell from the wall and was broken. People could not repair it.

Hence:
"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall" (The cannon named Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall and it fell down during the battle).
"All the kings horses, and all the kings men, could not put humpty dumpty together again" (The king's soldiers with their horses tried to repair it but could not do so).

Howz that! Fascinating isn't it?