I'm so old I Remember when:

[RoyalChick]

I remember

Spoiler: This Old Man

This old man, he played one,
He played knick knack on my thumb.
With a knick knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played two,
He played knick knack on my shoe.
With a knick knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played three,
He played knick knack on my knee.
With a knick knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played four,
He played knick knack on my door.
With a knick knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played five,
He played knick knack on my hive.
With a knick knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played six,
He played knick knack on my sticks.
With a knick knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played seven,
He played knick knack up in heaven.
With a knick knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played eight,
He played knick knack on my gate.
With a knick knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played nine.
He played knick knack on my spine.
With a knick knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played ten.
He played knick knack once again.
With a knick knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

Me too.

 

[tripletfeb]

Doesn't everyone remember This Old Man?

 

[Evadig]

Me too.

Me too

 

[jxp]

Me too.

Me three, but only some of the places he played knick-knack.

 

[pertnear09]

Me three, but only some of the places he played knick-knack.

And what is knick knack and how do you play it?

 

[R2elk]

And what is knick knack and how do you play it?

With spoons.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

We learned how to topographically read maps in school.

We did, too, in geography class. We also did map reading and learned how to use a compass in Girl Scouts. That was all 40+ years ago, of course.

It's crazy to me that someone can't read a topo map, or use a compass, or can't read cursive writing. What happened??

 

[Canadian Wind]

We did, too, in geography class. We also did map reading and learned how to use a compass in Girl Scouts. That was all 40+ years ago, of course.

It's crazy to me that someone can't read a topo map, or use a compass, or can't read cursive writing. What happened??

And think that 's is plural.

Sorry, pet peeve.

 

[Evadig]

And think that 's is plural.

Sorry, pet peeve.

And run-on sentences with no punctuation or capital letters!

 

[Sally PB]

A friend of mine worked in a bank. One day, an old man came in to ask about getting a loan. She sent the man to talk to the loan officer, a woman named Patty Black.

The man was French, and had a very thick accent. Patty was having a hard time understanding him, so my friend, who speaks French, was called in to help.

Her French was a different dialect from the old man, but after some back and forth, she understood that the man only wanted to borrow $200. As security for the loan, he only had a small trinket, but it was of very high sentimental value to him, so she didn't think the man would default.

Still, the loan officer hesitated. Finally, my friend said, "It's a knick knack, Patty Black! Give the Frog a loan!"