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Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

She's probably upset about the 140 human slaves she was gifted

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

None of my cook books even have a recipe for pipers, what am I to do with them?

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Put them in a pie.

That's what makes them Pied Pipers

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 years ago

That’s the last time I go over the Lecter house for Shepherd Pie.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

78 birds in total. They're all birds. No humans or gold.

First day of Christmas: 1 partridge in a pear tree

Second day of Christmas: 2 turtledoves

Third day of Christmas: 3 French hens

Fourth day of Christmas: 4 calling birds (blackbirds)

Fifth day of Christmas: 5 golden rings (pheasants)

Sixth day of Christmas: 6 geese a-laying

Seventh day of Christmas: 7 swans a-swimming

Eighth day of Christmas: 8 maids a-milking (magpies or cattle egret)

Ninth day of Christmas: 9 ladies dancing (lapwings)

Tenth day of Christmas: 10 lords a-leaping (cuckoos)

Eleventh day of Christmas: 11 pipers piping (sandpipers)

Twelfth day of Christmas: 12 drummers drumming (ruffled grouse)

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

This is an impressive post. You have:

  1. Misunderstood the plain language of the song, in which each thing is given on every successive day following its first appearance (not simply one time each),
  2. Presented a niche theory about the meanings of the lyrics as if it is fact, and
  3. Missed the joke.

Other lemmy users: bring your A game, the standard has been set

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I'm still trying to hold up that the 12 days of Christmas starts on Christmas Day, Dec 25. And finishes on the Twelfth Night (like the Shakespeare play).