2007-01-01 08:36:47 · 29 answers · asked by Buck Flair 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
JEEZ CHILL ITS JUST A RHYME!
2007-01-01 08:37:33 · answer #1 · answered by me! 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"Liar, liar, pants on fire, hang them up on telephone wire." - This is the full rhyme.
This is a "derisive rhyme" used by children. Tradition teaches the child to use sayings in certain situations to make a point emphatically. Such sayings can provide a quick and easy response to the taunt of another child, or a powerful demonstration of the child's stand. The sayings contain a collective wisdom that exerts a certain amount of pressure on children. In other cases, sayings offer a form of play with words; children use the traditional structure of such sayings to play with the rhythm, rhyme, and meaning of words to draw attention to themselves.
2007-01-01 08:39:38 · answer #2 · answered by themessiah2257 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because The Telophone Wire Broke in Half When He/She Made A Lie, So His/Her Pants Got On Fire...LOL. I Don't Know!!
2007-01-01 08:39:24 · answer #3 · answered by Clara M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Briliant! Havent heard that for years!
"Liar, Liar Pants on fire,
Nose is bigger than a telephone wire"!
2007-01-01 08:45:29 · answer #4 · answered by puffy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could be that fire rhymes with liar or because liars go to hell.
2007-01-01 08:41:02 · answer #5 · answered by Debbie O 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because when you lie, you fart flammable gas. Plus your blood temp rises because you're brain is working harder to conceal the lie... the combination causes your pants to go aflame. Look it up in a medical dictionary.
2007-01-01 08:38:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hellfire will set your pants on fire for lying.
2007-01-01 08:38:08 · answer #7 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never heard the whole rhyme until now.
Thank you for the question.
Hey you folks who say you go th hell.
That is not true in the islam book.
2007-01-01 08:54:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you tell lies. It increases the chances of your pants catching fire . By up to 47.3%
2007-01-01 08:39:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think this phrase was used to scare children from lying to their parents beack in the days, but now it doesnt really havea meaning to children.
2007-01-01 08:38:38 · answer #10 · answered by debbers 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That saying has been around for years. It is the same as if you lie you get a pimple on the tip of your tongue...lol
2007-01-01 09:45:53 · answer #11 · answered by CT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋