had a practical joker come along and tie the shoe laces together , while they slept????lol
2007-04-17 08:48:50 · 15 answers · asked by boxer 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It's in code or slang of the time, some sort of 'common wisdom', like alot of older sayings. Perhaps this is an ancient reason for 'feet' being a polite euphemism for the genitals & we've rediscovered it. http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2004/11/little_men_and_their.html http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf123/sf123p14.htm
2007-04-17 09:21:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about that, but she recently moved into a shoe with Velcro straps and was forced to leave because each night some idiot would open and close the straps enough times to wake up her kids and would then run off into the night.
She's currently living in her summer home: a flip-flop.
2007-04-17 15:53:53 · answer #2 · answered by kenrayf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the story the "shoe" was where she lived. Maybe the shoelaces you mentioned could have been the branches from the tree's overhead. As far as too many children...They became the best basketball team ever. & everybody lived happily ever after.
2007-04-17 19:51:32 · answer #3 · answered by simplesimon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know if the old woman had a practical joker but if you're curious at finding out about nursery ryhmes and their meanings...type in the search bar "Nursery ryhmes".
2007-04-21 13:04:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She must have been a very loose woman, but no I have not had some tie my shoes together in my sleep.
2007-04-17 16:17:45 · answer #5 · answered by Vivianna 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always wondered who fathered all of those children, and why wasn't he there to help raise and support the kids?
The poor woman was at her wit's end, and needed help in how to control her anger. ("gave them all broth/without any bread/ then spanked them all soundly/ and sent them to bed.)
Maybe the father(s) of the children left because she wasn't a very nice person. It's sad, really.
2007-04-17 17:39:51 · answer #6 · answered by sojourner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the practical joker put pinholes in her condoms.
2007-04-17 17:16:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no,. but maybe she SHOULD have had them tied up....then the old man would not have gotten "IN" so many times....
my version........
There was an old woman
who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children
she didn't know what to do.
There was another old woman,
who lived in a shoe.
Didn't have any children...
She knew what to do!!!
2007-04-17 16:33:45 · answer #8 · answered by STARZ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they ever did just imagine the foot Oder lol
but really how bored are you to think of this.
me i am bored that is why i am answering this.
that and the 2 points.
2007-04-17 16:39:29 · answer #9 · answered by insane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always wondered. Was it a smelly shoe?
2007-04-21 15:11:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋