“Ladles and jellyspoons,

I stand upon this speech to make a platform.

The train I arrived in has not yet come,

So I took the bus and walked.

I come before you

To stand behind you

And tell you something

I know nothing about.”

–I found this in Iona and Peter Opie’s fantastic trove The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. Seemed appropriate for the day!


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