How well do
you know your playground rhymes?
Prior to the commencement of many
playground games, players must decide who is either 'it' or who belongs to
which team. The process of selection often involves what is known as a 'dip', a
term derived from the most famous of all 'dips', 'Dip-do magazoo, who's it? Not
you'. But, are you a master of the 'dip' or do you think it's just somewhere
for diseases to fester at a party? Find out by completing the following 'dips'.
1.
There's a party on the hill can you come? (Yes) Bring…
a.
your inhaler
b.
your own cup and saucer and a bun
c.
Emperor Constantine and Attila the Hun
d.
and buy sale
2.
My mother and your mother were hanging out the clothes;
my mother gave your mother…
a. A big bag of pegs
b.
A punch on the nose
c. A pile of magazines she'd read
d.
A Daniel O'Donnell DVD
3.
Ip dip, my little ship, you are…
a. on Ice berg duty tonight
b.
not it
c. free to go
d.
my world
4.
A sailor went to sea, sea, sea, to see what he could
see, see, see. But all that he could see, see, see, was the bottom of the...
a.
man in front of him
b.
deep blue sea, sea, sea
c.
empty bottle of rum
d.
ship's cat
5.
Teddy bear, Teddy bear, turn around - Teddy bear, Teddy
bear...
a.
no, the other way
b.
touch the ground
c.
sorry, I didn't know you suffered from motion sickness
d.
let me sew your eye on properly
6.
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no...
a.
friends
b.
hair
c.
remorse
d.
where to live
7.
Apples, peaches, pears and plums, tell me...
a.
when I guess your favourite fruit
b.
when your birthday comes
c.
where the vegetable section of this shop is?
d.
how to make a trifle
8. Have
you ever, ever, ever, in your long legged life, met a long legged Sailor with a
long...
a.
beard
b.
legged wife
c. ...ing for home
d.
John Silver
9.
Ippy, dippy, dation, my operation, how many...
a.
doctors does it take to change a light bulb
b.
people at the station
c.
weeks until I can get my stitches out?
d.
more times will the hospital radio play Cliff Richard
today?
10. One
potato, two potato, three potato, four...
a. ...ty
pence please
b.
five potato
c.
do you need a bag for those sir?
d.
potatoes
11. Pat
a cake, pat a cake baker man...
a.
pat a cake pat a cake as flat as you can
b.
bake me a cake as fast as you can
c.
pat a chop, pat a chop butcher man
d.
stroke a bagel, caress a croissant, baker man
12. Ring-a-ring-o-roses,
a pocket full of...
a.
fluff
b.
posies
c.
dreams
d.
two pence pieces
a.
eyeing up the Antelopes in the next enclosure
b.
by the claw
c.
on some Velcro
d.
with a butterfly net
14. Here
we go round the mulberry bush, mulberry bush, mulberry bush. Here we go round
the Mulberry bush...
a.
because we've got no sense of direction
b.
early in the morning
c.
because we've got nothing better to do
d.
that's where we found our first child
How did you Score?
Mostly A’s
Not only do you
not know your 'dips', you're not that great at recognising rhymes either.
Mostly B’s
I'd guess that you even use 'dips' to make important life decisions like
whether to take out a pension plan or which brand of coffee to purchase.
Mostly C’s
You're very down to earth. You prefer
to see the world as it is rather than imagine it into a wondrous playground
where optimism and whimsy are your best friends. You're probably an accountant.
Mostly D’s
You may not know
your 'dips' but you do recognise the value of using the amount of syllables in
a poem to bring about random outcomes.