I'm so old I Remember when:

[Guy with a Rooster]

I remember when a manual transmission was not a theft deterrent

 

[Sally PB]

That's how I remember it, but I learned it phonetically so can't vouch for the spelling. Anybody remember this?

I remember my sister singing this and some lines about

Eeny weeny it's a teeny
Yellow polka dot bikini.

Which she might have gotten from the song Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.

I learned all my "Girl Scout camp songs" from my sister.

I went to GS camp once... it wasn't any fun. It rained and that cancelled a bunch of the activities, and one girl got homesick and cried all night.

 

[jxp]

I went to GS camp once... it wasn't any fun. It rained and that cancelled a bunch of the activities, and one girl got homesick and cried all night.

That does sound like a bummer. Sorry your one-and-only experience was such a letdown.

 

[jxp]

I remember when a manual transmission was not a theft deterrent

Right!? And to think, on average it costs about a grand less than automatic.

 

[jxp]

A little different words but yeah.

*For those not in the know, this is a repeat chant. The first person says the line followed by the second person or group repeating it back to them.

Flea.
Flea fly.
Flea fly flow.
Flea fly flow flum.
Visté.
Kumalata kumalata kumalata visté.
No no no no not the visté.
Visté.

Eenie meanie dessa leanie ooh wah on a meanie otcha kotcha kumarah ooh wah ah.

Ish biddily boap-boap a bid not want not tshhhh.

 

[R2elk]

*For those not in the know, this is a repeat chant. The first person says the line followed by the second person or group repeating it back to them.

Flea.
Flea fly.
Flea fly flow.
Flea fly flow flum.
Visté.
Kumalata kumalata kumalata visté.
No no no no not the visté.
Visté.

Eenie meanie dessa leanie ooh wah on a meanie otcha kotcha kumarah ooh wah ah.

Ish biddily boap-boap a bid not want not tshhhh.

Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he 'live, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread.

Eenie meenie mo, catch a _____ by his toe.

See you later alligator. Not now crocodile.

 

[sourland]

I'm so old that I remember when people held doors open for one another, said please and thank you, said good morning to strangers, helped their significant others with their coats, pulled out chairs to seat their wives.

Once after pulling the chair for the Princess at Cracker Barrel, a man somewhat belligerently said, " What are you doing? Trying to make the rest of us look bad?" I replied, "I find that many don't need any help with that." Dining room erupted in laughter, and he slunk back to his table.

 

[LaFleche]

See you later alligator. Not now crocodile.

...in a while crocodile.

 

[notabitail]

I'm so old that I remember when people held doors open for one another, said please and thank you, said good morning to strangers, helped their significant others with their coats, pulled out chairs to seat their wives.

Once after pulling the chair for the Princess at Cracker Barrel, a man somewhat belligerently said, " What are you doing? Trying to make the rest of us look bad?" I replied, "I find that many don't need any help with that." Dining room erupted in laughter, and he slunk back to his table.

I usually don't interact with others I don't know, but I will hold the door open.

I've heard that people from different areas of the US hold the door open differently. One area will wait for the other to grab the door, and the other will hold but let the door fall as the other is reaching.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

*For those not in the know, this is a repeat chant. The first person says the line followed by the second person or group repeating it back to them.

Flea.
Flea fly.
Flea fly flow.
Flea fly flow flum.
Visté.
Kumalata kumalata kumalata visté.
No no no no not the visté.
Visté.

Eenie meanie dessa leanie ooh wah on a meanie otcha kotcha kumarah ooh wah ah.

Ish biddily boap-boap a bid not want not tshhhh.

Ah yes, I forgot the kumalata, kumalata, thanks! My sister taught me this over 50, 60 years ago.