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# Arf!
TJ: Does anyone know the full version of that magpies song? The one for sorrow one?

EDIT: I just read it and I am confused. There are 14 of the bastards in my sycamore tree. The rhyme only goes up to ten. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!?!?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:22, archived)
# I know this much
1 for sorrow
2 for joy
3 for a girl
4 for a boy
5 for silver
6 for gold
7 for a secret never to be told


and then I don't know.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:23, archived)
# Jeebus you type quick.
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:24, archived)
# I type for a living.
Well, ish.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:25, archived)
# My mother in law can't remember past that either
but it doesn't stop her trying to remember it and recite it for 15 minutes when she sees a magpie.

I love her to bits really
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:24, archived)
# Pfft
I salute them and say "morning Mr Magpie, how's the wife and kids?"

Not sure why.
(I helped save b3ta! i_yam_bucket doo wah diddy diddy wah wah diddy doo, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:27, archived)
# The beardedwife does it too
He doesn't know why either.
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:29, archived)
# it's supposedly
to ward off bad luck or encourage good luck (what kind of luck depends on the number of birds)
(prostheses, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:33, archived)
# and one for the little boy who lives down the road
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:24, archived)
# Pfft!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:25, archived)
# Yeah, little boys LOVE bags of wool.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:25, archived)
# I'd have much prefered a bag of magpies
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:27, archived)
# 8 for squirrels
9 for string
10 for a small cairn terrier called Bobby
11 for £10.99
12 for Uruguay
13 for Oleg Pshinnikov
(SirJonDangerous and his pony-sized bumblebee, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:26, archived)
# somethhing like this...
Eight you live
Nine you die
Ten you eat a bogey pie!
(prostheses, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:31, archived)
# 8 for a wish
9 for a kiss
10 for a bird you must not miss

It's on Wiki
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:35, archived)
# 1 for sorrow
2 for mirth
3 for a wedding
4 for a birth
5 for riches
6 for gold
7 for a secret, never to be told.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:40, archived)
# Yes

EDIT: it's either two secrets, or one secret plus a boy and a girl.

either that or they're just about to flock over and PECK OUT YOUR EYES!
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:23, archived)
# Gah!
*fails to suppress The Birds from his memory*
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:45, archived)
# ..
1. for sorrow
2. for joy
3. for a girl and
4. for a boy
5. for silver
6. for gold
7. is a secret never to be told

8. Profit
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:23, archived)
# But 14?
I am in fear :(
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:24, archived)
# two secrets?
(Never to be told)
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:25, archived)
# Can I not have 2 silvers and 2 joys please instead?
Or is it non-transferrable?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:27, archived)
# there are two secrets never to be told
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:25, archived)
# Or a boy AND a bird you shouldn't miss.
So some sort of amazing Thai person then.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:26, archived)
# isn't that the end of the world?
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:26, archived)
# This is what I am fearing :S
TO THE BATMOBILE!

TO YAHOO ANSWERS :D
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:28, archived)