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2016 Postmortem

Bernardo de La Paz

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4. Nicely worked, jberryhill !

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Sat Oct 1, 2016, 03:54 AM

Oct 2016

The most common modern version is:

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?

-- Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, 2nd Ed. via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_I_was_going_to_St_Ives

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As I was going to St. Ives... [View all] jberryhill Oct 2016 OP

LOL! that is hilarious. chillfactor Oct 2016 #1

The White Male Privilege of Trump, Giuliani, and Gingrich Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #2

What about orange male privilege? randome Oct 2016 #11

Ailes doesn't want to be left out (though he's only married once he has harrassment issues) Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #3

Nicely worked, jberryhill ! Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #4

My eyes! My eyes! spiderpig Oct 2016 #5

One.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2016 #6

You win the thread and collect all points jberryhill Oct 2016 #8

Stephen Bannon, CEO of Trump campaign, with three ex-wives, domestic violence & voter fraud, is in Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #7

And All of Them are For TRADITIONAL FAMILY VALUES! Wolf Frankula Oct 2016 #9

Well done. Arkansas Granny Oct 2016 #10

Brilliant! nt brer cat Oct 2016 #12

Yep! THESE three! Three Blind Lice! calimary Oct 2016 #13