There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
Anyone ever heard that old rhyme? Well, anyway, here's how the game will work. It starts out with the old lady swallowing a fly. The next poster has to have her swallow something to get rid of the fly. The post after that has to have her swallow something to get rid of what she swallowed before, and so on. For example:
Post 1: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly.
Post 2: To catch the fly she swallowed a spider.
Post 3: To kill the spider, she swallowed a cat.
If you want to be clever, you can try and rhyme your verse as in the original poem. Let's begin.
There once was a lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
Post 1: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly.
Post 2: To catch the fly she swallowed a spider.
Post 3: To kill the spider, she swallowed a cat.
If you want to be clever, you can try and rhyme your verse as in the original poem. Let's begin.
There once was a lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
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Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
To kill the fly, she swallowed a fly swatter.
...Like that?
...Like that?
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
Yep, like that.
To dispose of the fly swatter, she swalled a trash can.
To dispose of the fly swatter, she swalled a trash can.
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Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
To pick up the trash can, she swallowed a garbage man.
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
(And a rhyming attempt.)
To kill off the garbage man, she swallowed a hit man. He beat the garbage man with his very own trash can.
To kill off the garbage man, she swallowed a hit man. He beat the garbage man with his very own trash can.
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Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
To catch the hit man, she swallowed the police.
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
To chase away the police she swallowed a lawyer.
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Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
To put money in the ATM, she swallowed a bank teller.
Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
To frighten away the bank teller, she swallowed an armed robber.

Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
To catch the robber, she swallowed a detective.
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Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
To trick the detective, she swallowed a closed room mystery.
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
To demolish the room, she swallowed a wrecking ball.
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Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
to destroy the wrecking ball, she swallowed some dynamite.
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

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Re: There once was a lady who swallowed a fly...
To get rid of the dynamite, she swallowed a bomb-defusal robot.






