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Ian Thompson

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May 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/22/97
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Fred Owens wrote:
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> I remember the last line of a poem about a confused chemist that went:
>
> For what he though was H2O was H2SO4
>
> What's the beginning of it?
>
Poor old Fred, he is no more...
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Jeremy Kirkwood

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May 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/22/97
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Howard Levene wrote:

>
> In article <5m0b54$p...@lotho.delphi.com> Fred Owens <chi...@BIX.com> writes:
> >I remember the last line of a poem about a confused chemist that went:
> >
> >For what he though was H2O was H2SO4
> >
> >What's the beginning of it?
> >
>
> Johnny was in the lab,
> Now he is no more.
> For what he thought was H2O,
> was H2SO4.

Isn't there a second verse? I can't remember it exactly,
but it was something like:

Johnny's father, an M.D.
Gave him XXX03
Now our Johnny's feeling glum
With coloidal gypsum in his tum

or something ...
Any one remember more?

--
Jeremy.

Fred Owens

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May 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/22/97
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I remember the last line of a poem about a confused chemist that went:

For what he though was H2O was H2SO4

What's the beginning of it?

Da Chief - "General System Fault. Please sacrifice a goat and 2 chickens
to continue." anon

Howard Levene

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May 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/22/97
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In article <5m0b54$p...@lotho.delphi.com> Fred Owens <chi...@BIX.com> writes:
>I remember the last line of a poem about a confused chemist that went:
>
>For what he though was H2O was H2SO4
>
>What's the beginning of it?
>

Johnny was in the lab,


Now he is no more.
For what he thought was H2O,
was H2SO4.

Ta-dah!

Howard

Fred Owens

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May 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/23/97
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Howard Levene wrote:
>
>Johnny was in the lab,
>Now he is no more.
>For what he thought was H2O,
>was H2SO4.
>
>Ta-dah!
>
That's it! Now I remember it. Thanks.

C. H. MacLeod

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May 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/23/97
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In article <5m0b54$p...@lotho.delphi.com>, Fred Owens <chi...@BIX.com> wrote:
>I remember the last line of a poem about a confused chemist that went:
>
>For what he though was H2O was H2SO4
>
>What's the beginning of it?
>
>
>
>Da Chief - "General System Fault. Please sacrifice a goat and 2 chickens
>to continue." anon

Alas poor little Willie,
Little Willie is no more


For what he thought was H2O

Was H2SO4

and...

Little Willie's filled with glee
Put Radium in Grandma's tea
Now he finds it quite a lark
To see Grandma glow in the dark

(From my sec. IV chemistry notes)


Stan Koper

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May 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/26/97
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In article <EAnIH...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>,

> Alas poor little Willie,
> Little Willie is no more
> For what he thought was H2O
> Was H2SO4
>
> and...
>
> Little Willie's filled with glee
> Put Radium in Grandma's tea
> Now he finds it quite a lark
> To see Grandma glow in the dark
>
> (From my sec. IV chemistry notes)
>
Willie found some dynamite,
Couldn't understand it quite.
Curiousity never pays.
It rained Willie seven days.
--
Stan Koper

Robert E. Lewis

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May 29, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/29/97
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The "Willie" poems are called "Grues"
[short for gruesome] and were originated
by Robert Louis Stevenson.

And a couple more:

Little Willie in the best of sashes,
Fell in the fire and was burned to ashes.
By and by the room grew chilly,
But no one wanted to poke up Willie.

And

Little Willie, from the back of a mirror,
Licked all the mercury off.
Thinking, in his error,
That it would cure his whooping cough.

At the funeral, said Mrs. Smith to Mrs. Brown,
" 'Twas a cold day for Willie, when the mercury went down."

Joel Gordon

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Jun 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/7/97
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Howard Levene wrote:
>
> In article <5m0b54$p...@lotho.delphi.com> Fred Owens <chi...@BIX.com> writes:
> >I remember the last line of a poem about a confused chemist that went:
> >
> >For what he though was H2O was H2SO4
> >
> >What's the beginning of it?
> >
>
> Johnny was in the lab,
> Now he is no more.
> For what he thought was H2O,
> was H2SO4.
>
> Ta-dah!
>
> Howard

Smedley was a chemist,
Poor Smedley is no more,
For what he thought was H2O,
Was H2SO4.

Conrad Hodson

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Jun 13, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/13/97
to Joel Gordon

Alas for little Willie
We'll not see Willie any more

For what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4

Willie saw some dynamite
Couldn't understand it quite
Curiosity never pays
It rained Willie 7 days

Peace,

Christine (the Cyborg)

Drew Thompson

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Jun 16, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/16/97
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Conrad Hodson wrote:
>
> Alas for little Willie
> We'll not see Willie any more
> For what he thought was H2O
> Was H2SO4
>
> Willie saw some dynamite
> Couldn't understand it quite
> Curiosity never pays
> It rained Willie 7 days
>
In the family drinking well
Willie pushed his sister Nell
She's there yet, because it kilt her
Now we have to buy a filter.


Willie with a thirst for gore
Nailed his sister to the door
Mother said, with humor quaint
Now careful dear, don't scratch the paint!


(I still can't believe my mother taught these
to me when I was about 8 years old!)

-Drew

Marian Dessinger

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Jun 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/21/97
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My dad taught me:

Little Willie with a roar
Nailed the baby to the floor.
Little Willie with a shout
Gouged the baby's eyeballs out,
Jumped on them to make them pop,
Momma said, "Now Willie, stop!"

Marian

barbara pattist

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Jun 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/23/97
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On Sat, 21 Jun 1997 07:13:31 +0200, Marian Dessinger <ste...@flash.net>
wrote:

My mom taught me this one:

Little Willie in the best of sashes,

Fell in the fire, and was burned to ashes.
After while the room grew chilly,


But no one wanted to poke up Willie.

barbara

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