A Conversation for Oddity of the Week: Can You Spell Punxsutawney?

Chucking Wood

Post 1

Florida Sailor All is well with the world

How much wood wood a woodchuck chuck?

A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck,
if a woodchuck could chuck wood!

say that 3 times fast.

smiley - cheers
Fsmiley - dolphinS


Chucking Wood

Post 2

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - rofl Let's use this as a h2g2 sobriety test for inebriated posters. smiley - whistle


Chucking Wood

Post 3

Rod

...or, another variation...

As much wood as a woodchuck would chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood


Chucking Wood

Post 4

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Let's see...I think my relatives said, 'A wood chuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would chuck, if a woodchuck would chuck wood.'

Is this the oldest joke in the English language? smiley - rofl

Speaking of animal excitement, it's fifteen minutes to kickoff on Puppy Bowl IX:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp7ErQk_inw

I know, I know, but they benefit the animal shelters, and it's a relief from all the bad news. smiley - winkeye

Besides, this year's excitement is...hedgehog cheerleaders. Yes, people smuggled their African hedgehogs aboard animal-hating Amtrak, just to share the cuteness, bless them. smiley - smiley


Chucking Wood

Post 5

Bluebottle

I've always heard

He'd chuck as much wood
As a woodchuck could
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.

<BB< <- He's a lumberjack and he's okay, he sleeps all smiley - crescentmoon and works all day.


Chucking Wood

Post 6

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - laugh Sounds like the UK says, 'could', and we say 'would'.


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