Will someone please explain to me why the plate ran off with the spoon? I thought the spoon was having an affair with the salt shaker.
2006-09-11 11:43:40 · 17 answers · asked by Autumn BrighTree 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
No, you have it all wrong--- the fork was with the tea pot and then spoon went with a teaspoon and got kicked out for being gay!! It was all in the news where were you!!!!????
2006-09-11 11:47:25 · answer #1 · answered by mustanglady 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rhyme
Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon,
The little dog laughed to see such fun,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
An alternate version of this nursery rhyme is...
Hey diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed to see such a sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
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Origins
It is likely that this poem is a satire of a scandal during the time of Queen Elizabeth I. The cat is Elizabeth I and the dog is Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, whom she once referred to as her 'lap dog'. It is also speculated that the 'dish' is a server at the royal court, whereas the 'spoon' refers to a taste-tester.
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Tolkien's version
J. R. R. Tolkien invented (by back formation) the imagined original ditty that is recorded in the simplified nursery rhyme. The title of this version as given in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is "The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late"; it also appears in The Fellowship of the Ring. He also wrote a companion poem titled "The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon." This is included in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
2006-09-11 11:49:17 · answer #2 · answered by KIT-KAT 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought the spoon was having an affair with the fork! And the pepper with the salt and all that jazz. Umm...because the spoon thought the plate had a better figure??
2006-09-11 11:45:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the plate liked the spoon better than the salt shaker
2006-09-11 11:52:08 · answer #4 · answered by dishwasher67 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spoon gets around.
2006-09-11 11:45:41 · answer #5 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spoon divorced the fork. I guess the plate was hotter.
2006-09-11 11:49:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the dish ran away with the spoon. They go together and have something in common, that simple.
2006-09-11 11:47:34 · answer #7 · answered by cdl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they ran together to eat some dinner the spoon feeds the plate. hehe
2006-09-11 11:46:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spoon was so confused at the time.
2006-09-11 11:45:55 · answer #9 · answered by Titainsrule 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salt Shaker?
I always thought it was the Fork..
I guess opposite really do attract.
2006-09-11 11:45:25 · answer #10 · answered by Blue-eyed Beauty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋