Who is the original author of "Unsolved Mysteries of Anatomy"? - can you get shingles on your elbows
I have a newspaper clipping from the early 80s and I'm pretty convinced that the original publication. I have the whole article, or the name of the newspaper. There is no way in the poem, a single sentence: "Let's Call It, mysteries of the history of anatomy." On the posters who just like a standard title used to be returned? Give honor to whom honor is due!
Literal:
"If a man buy a cap the knee
Or the key to a lock of his hair?
This is found at the top of your head where jewels?
Who travels the bridge of the nose?
If you cover the roof of the mouth,
Would the nails on your feet?
Can you sit in the shade of the palm
Or press the eardrum?
Then the calf of his leg eat the corn from the big toe?
So why not grow corn in the ear?
Will then be sent to jail under his arm?
If so, how?
As you can sharpen your shoulders?
I'll be damned if I do not know - right? - Andrew M., Hightstown, NJ"."
Monday, February 1, 2010
Can You Get Shingles On Your Elbows Who Is The Original Author Of "Unsolved Mysteries Of Anatomy"?
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Stupid Questions
by William Cole
If a man can buy a kneecap?
Or a key to the lock of his hair?
The eyes and can be a school?
I like to think about students!
What are the jewels in the crown of the head,
And if one on the bridge of the nose?
Can be used to build up on the roof of his mouth to
Nails in the toes?
Will then be sent to jail under his arm --
If you can, also, what then?
How to raise your shoulders?
I'm damned if I do not know, right?
Can you sit in the shade of the palm
and rhythm of the drum in the ear?
Then the calf of his leg eat the corn on the big toe? --
There is something very strange here!
NOTES: Adapted from an American folk rhyme
William Cole, "silly questions" (adapted) Oh, found such nonsense (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1978) with the children choose the funniest PoEMS, edited by Bruce Lansky (Minnetonka, Minn.: Meadowbrook Press, 1991). With kind permission from the estate of William Rossa Cole.
Source: Kids Choose the funniest Poems (Meadowbrook Press, 1991).
Most sources say, "anonymous", but I have this:
"If a man buys a kneecap?
Or a key to the lock of his hair?
The eyes and can be a school?
I like to think about students!
What are the jewels in the crown of the head,
and walk on the bridge of the nose?
Can be used to build up on the roof of his mouth to
Nails in the toes?
Will then be sent to jail under his arm --
if you can, also, what then?
And how can sharpen their shoulders?
I'm damned if I do not know, right?
Can you sit in the shade of the palm
And the rhythm of the drum with the?
Then the calf of his leg eat the corn on the big toe?
There is something very strange here!
American folk rhyme adapted by William Cole
Jacqueline Diboix
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