Postby webenda » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:12 am
Hey! I resemble that. What's wrong with tinker? A tinker is an itinerant tinsmith. Is that an ignoble occupation?
What about the tinker in this children's rhyme?
When shall I marry?
This year, next year, sometime, never.
What will my husband be?
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich-man, poor-man, beggar-man, thief.
What will I be?
Lady, baby, gypsy, queen.
What shall I wear?
Silk, satin, cotton, rags (or silk, satin, velvet, lace)
How shall I get it?
Given, borrowed, bought, stolen.
How shall I get to church?
Coach, carriage, wheelbarrow, cart.
Where shall I live?
Big house, little house, pig-sty, barn.
I don't think tinkers are bad people. My friend Andre is a tinker. Just look the wonderful output of Andre's tinker works.
I don't give a tinker's dam* what the sign says, I am going in.
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webenda on Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:22 am, edited 2 times in total.
----Wayne----
Back when I was growing up, if you didn't start someth'n, there wouldn't be noth'n.
--Merle Haggard