Thumpkin or Tom Thumb

[mikeyboy]

<p>Remember that old children's rhyme they were talking about on the air today?</p><p>Where is _______, <br />Where is _______, <br />Here I am,<br />Here I am, <br />How are you today sir?<br />Very fine, I thank you,<br />Run away, <br />Run away</p><p>Did you learn it with &quot;Thumpkin&quot; or &quot;Tom Thumb&quot; in the blanks?</p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by mikeyboy on 7-13-06 @ 7:22 PM</span>

[blakjeezis]

Thumbkin, of course. What am I, Communist?

[Death Metal Moe]

I don't know why I had an opinion, but I voted.&nbsp; It's Thumbkin.

[mikeyboy]

I realize now that it's probably spelled thumbkin rather than thumpkin, so I changed the poll option to include both spellings.&nbsp;

[Sheeplovr]

<p>when i was a teacher aid once they made me sing it to all the kids and lead in on the singalong </p><p>it was aweward i didnt know how to do tall man aka middle finger it jsut felt wrong&nbsp;</p>

[blakjeezis]

C'mon Sheep, it's okay. We've all&nbsp;given some little kids a thumb or 2 in our time.

[Death Metal Moe]

<strong>blakjeezis</strong> wrote:<br />C'mon Sheep, it's okay. We've all&nbsp;given some little kids a thumb or 2 in our time. <p>From your lips to God's ears my friend.</p>

[FUNKMAN]

never heard of either growing up... all we had was &quot; got your nose &quot;... we were poor

[kdubya]

<p>Tom Thumb</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://xs103.xs.to/xs103/06285/att.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>Tom Thumb with a boner</p><p><img src="http://xs103.xs.to/xs103/06285/attwb.jpg" border="0" /></p>

[PapaBear]

<p>I've never heard of either. I hated nursery rhymes and games when I was little. I never even saw Sesame Street, until I had kids. Now I love it.</p><p>I also wouldn't let my parents read kid's books to me. Until I could read on my own, I'd look at &quot;grown up&quot; history books (WW I and WW II for the most part, and American West), because they had pictures.</p>

[AngelAmy]

it was always thumbkin....never heard it the tom thumb way

[Badinia]

<p>What kind of freaks are looking for Tom Thumb?</p><p><img class="adminlink" height="229" src="http://www.rhymes.org.uk/images/tom-thumb.jpg" width="176" border="0" /><br /><br />It's all about Thumbkin.</p>

[niciggy]

<p>Officially&nbsp;Certified (no, not certifiable!)&nbsp;elementary school teacher in Massachusetts.&nbsp; Thumbkin. and just to make things interesting </p><p>first finger: pointer</p><p>middle finger&quot; tall man</p><p>ring finger: ringman</p><p>little finger: pinky</p><p>all the fingers: &quot;the whole family&quot; or &quot;everyone&quot;</p>

[EliSnow]

<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Wow, that's a pretty big response for thumbkin.&nbsp; Think Ronnie will mention it today, given his statements to Fez yesterday about thumbkin?</font>

[AKA]

<strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I've never heard of either.</p><p>Same here.</p>

[AngelAmy]

why did he run away? thats what i wanna know

[EliSnow]

<strong>AKA</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I've never heard of either.</p><p>Same here.</p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">You two were deprived as children.</font></p>

[OGC]

<strong>EliSnow</strong> wrote:<br /><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Wow, that's a pretty big response for thumbkin.&nbsp; Think Ronnie will mention it today, given his statements to Fez yesterday about thumbkin?</font> <p><font face="times new roman,times,serif" size="5">No</font></p>

[EliSnow]

<strong>richg0404</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>EliSnow</strong> wrote:<br /><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Wow, that's a pretty big response for thumbkin.&nbsp; Think Ronnie will mention it today, given his statements to Fez yesterday about thumbkin?</font> <p><font face="times new roman,times,serif" size="5">No</font></p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Looks like you're wrong.</font></p>

[LOAF]

HMM...... IT APPEARS THAT RON, EARL, AND DAVE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO SAY TOM THUMB!

[jojomama]

<p>I heard this on my way back from lunch.&nbsp; First thing I did was go to google:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="-1">Results <strong>1</strong> - <strong>10</strong> of about <strong>42,900</strong> for <strong>&quot;where is thumbkin&quot; </strong>. (<strong>0.04</strong> seconds)</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="-1">Results <strong>1</strong> - <strong>6</strong> of about <strong>12</strong> for <strong>&quot;where is <a title="Look up definition of tom thumb" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&oi=dict&q=http://www.answers.com/tom%2Bthumb%26r%3D67">tom thumb</a>&quot; </strong>. (<strong>0.08</strong> seconds) </font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And none of the &quot;tom thumb&quot; hits were about that song.&nbsp; ESD is such a bullshit artist. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[FezPaul]

<p><strong><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="2">We used to sing:</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="2">Marijuana, marijuana, LSD, LSD</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="2">Scientists make it, teachers take it</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="2">Why can't we? Why can't we?</font></strong></p>

[docgoblin]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>AngelAmy</strong> wrote:<br />why did he run away? thats what i wanna know<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He was being touched in a very sensitive area.&nbsp;</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><strong>AngelAmy</strong> wrote:<br />why did he run away? thats what i wanna know <p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He was being touched in a very sensitive area.&nbsp;</p><p>Hangar 18?</p>

[spoon]

<strong>mikeyboy</strong> wrote:<br />I realize now that it's probably spelled thumbkin rather than thumpkin, so I changed the poll option to include both spellings.&nbsp; <p>Nah, that why I always say pumbkin.</p><p><img src="http://www.pumpkin-guy.com/no_flash.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>Seriously, google both forms of the word and find out that many people spell like lawyers!</p>

[Coach]

I recall a version that we sang in nursery school around October that had Pumpkin