| ▲ | Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy(loreandordure.com) | |
| 27 points by helsinkiandrew 17 hours ago | 5 comments | ||
| ▲ | adzm 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I saw something similar on Reddit r/FoundPaper where a parody of twinkle twinkle little star had a hilarious divergence at the end. Not all mutations have reproductive fitness but it is fascinating to see in the wild. https://www.reddit.com/r/FoundPaper/comments/1p7bvtz/found_n... | ||
| ▲ | ItsBob 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
My wife and I had a good chuckle at these. The one we both remember is the one about Penguin losing his lollipop and buying a Milky Way. However, we both agreed that when comparing the UK(ish) and US(ish) variants, the UK ones are much more fun and colourful: The US ones seem a little, erm, boring! | ||
| ▲ | Sophira 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Tom Scott did a video in 2020 on the exact same subject and premise[0], and it's super interesting. I'd recommend it to anybody who enjoyed this article, honestly. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5u9JSnAAU4 - Tom Scott, 'I Asked 64,182 People About “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”. Here's What I Found Out.' | ||
| ▲ | nephihaha 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Does "While Shepherds Washed their Socks by Night" count? | ||
| ▲ | baobun 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Someone should tell the author that Robin laying an egg is the source of Batman's smell. | ||