# Help me finish this rhyme: "What can you do when you live in a shoe ..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564 "2003-09-09T17:13:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/1 "2003-09-09T17:13:54Z")
A girl I used to work with would say “what can you do when you live in a shoe, and all your friends are toes …” the next line was something like “move to a hat 'cos that’s where it’s at, or make like a boot & get laced” Has anyone out there ever heard of this? It’s one of those things that’s going around & around & around in my head … and it’s making me nuts!!! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/2 "2003-09-09T17:35:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stainz \* > \*\*“what can you do when you live in a shoe, and all your friends are toes …” \*\* So I bust open a bottle of Cristal, and get freaky with dem hoes? ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/3 "2003-09-09T18:13:33Z")
I’ve always said “What can you do when you live in a shoe? Move to a boot and get laced.” Nothin’ about toes or friends or anything. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/4 "2003-09-09T18:14:56Z")
_What can you do when you live in a shoe, and all your friends are toes,_ Call the Doctor, that’s what you do, for the athlete’s foot on your nose. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/5 "2003-09-09T18:24:48Z")
Nope I meant Cristal. P diddy don’t drink no cicso. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/6 "2003-09-09T22:07:34Z")
Hold your tongue? I know, it doesn’t rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/7 "2003-09-09T22:24:02Z")
Save up your loot, and buy a boot, and meantime just hold your nose. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/8 "2003-09-09T23:39:10Z")
Just dig a hole and live in the sole ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/9 "2003-09-09T23:46:54Z")
Act like a toddler and fill it with glue Be glad it’s not a toilet 'cause that’s full of poo? ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/10 "2003-09-10T22:44:53Z")
“You’ll have a nice dark place to kneel in and vomit when you have the flu.” GGGGRRRROOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSS! "Have a tea party with an egret,an emu and maybe a ewe.AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, HOW SWEET. ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/11 "2003-09-10T23:28:08Z")
What do you say when you move to a shoe? _Shechechianu v’kiemanu._ ;j ---
**Author:** ![ralaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/848f3c/32.png) [@ralaca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralaca)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/12 "2019-01-23T22:56:30Z")
Tie it up tight and \*\*\*\* all night ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564/13 "2019-01-24T00:12:33Z")
Is this a zombie resuscitation record?