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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Chil__ #37117 08/08/01 04:41 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon by asides: why are there so many bleedin' spellings of 'chili', 'chile'!) This puts me in mind of a song by Moxy Fruvous, a Canadian band Hi Bean! with the same sort of gift for wordplay as their countrymen, the Barenaked Ladies. In a MF song called "The Kids' Song", they intone: My name is Gabby and I just got here from Chile, I like Canada except that it is chilly, I met Premier Bob Ray, and he ain't no Pinochet, My mother makes a spicy bowl of chili! Cheap rhymes. Always cracks me up. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter #37118 08/08/01 08:29 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel OP Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Chil__ #37119 08/09/01 08:31 AM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom R rodward addict rodward addict R Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom Cheap rhymes. Always cracks me up - says Fiberbabe I don't think I have posted this one before, apologies if I have. When they catch a chinchilla in Chile They shave off its beard wile-nile With a sharp razor blade Just to say that they've made A Chilean chinchilla's chin chile Rod Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Canadian Musicians #37120 08/09/01 10:55 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin > a Canadian band with the same sort of gift for wordplay as their countrymen, the Barenaked Ladies Then I'm sure you've heard of the Canadian band called ... The Winona Ryders Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,316 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 469 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,533 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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