I hadn't heard the Chicago one before, but I think we sometimes used this tiger variant.
I remember when someone (older, I think) pointed out that it was all determined, since the number of words was constant, so you could choose appropriate rhymes to avoid being it, if you wanted. I'd never thought about it, and it was very disillusioning, somehow.
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Re: Miss Mary Mack
Date: 2005-03-14 11:38 am (UTC)I remember when someone (older, I think) pointed out that it was all determined, since the number of words was constant, so you could choose appropriate rhymes to avoid being it, if you wanted. I'd never thought about it, and it was very disillusioning, somehow.