Ogden Nash's Food Quips

[Kimberly J Allen]

Al Knoll (a...@hprpcd.rose.hp.com) wrote:

:>"I eat my peas with honey
:> Done it all my life
:> Does taste kind of funny
:> But it keeps em on the knife"

and Hal Laurent added,
>Let's give Ogden Nash credit where credit is due (although I think his
>words were slightly different).

Here are a few of my favorites:

"I eat my peas with honey.
I've done it all my life.
Some people think it's funny,
But it keeps 'em on the knife."

"Celery raw develops the jaw,
While celery stewed is more quietly chewed."

And the best one-- "Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker."

[Adrian Graham DENT - Rodent]

In article <33is9r$7...@network.ucsd.edu> kal...@sdphu1.uucp (Kimberly J Allen) writes:

>:>"I eat my peas with honey
>:> Done it all my life
>:> Does taste kind of funny
>:> But it keeps em on the knife"

>"I eat my peas with honey.
>I've done it all my life.
>Some people think it's funny,
>But it keeps 'em on the knife."

I always thought it was
"I eat my peas with honey,

I've done it all my life.

It makes the peas taste funny,
But it sticks them to my knife..."

Any more versions???
And which is correct?
And which newsgroup is this discussion more appropriate for???
:->
Adrian.

[Roberta Taylor]

In article <33kncj$t...@access3.digex.net>,
J. David Holmes <jdho...@access3.digex.net> wrote:

>I seem to recall:

>I always eat peas with honey,

>I've done it all my life.

>They do taste kind of funny,
>But it keeps them on the knife.

The version I remember is a mixture of all the versions posted so far:

I eat my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life.

They do taste kind of funny,
But it keeps them on my knife.

I remember a book of limericks and other dittys that I had about 30 years
ago, that had this poem in it. Another one that sticks in my craw after
all these years was:

"My supper's cold!" he swore with vim.
So then she made it hot for him.

I wonder where that book is now? :-)

---
Roberta Taylor
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, NJ, USA
r...@emailbox.att.com

[J. David Holmes]

In article <roadent.53...@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au>,

I seem to recall:

I always eat peas with honey,

I've done it all my life.

They do taste kind of funny,
But it keeps them on the knife.

--Dave