# How did you determine who was "It"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 9, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-determine-who-was-it/64856 "2001-05-09T12:26:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Evnglion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@Evnglion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evnglion)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-determine-who-was-it/64856/21 "2001-05-10T12:27:33Z")
Ink stink poot fart OUT! The person that OUT lands on, is not it, go around the circle until there is only one person left. ---
**Author:** ![tourbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@tourbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tourbot)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-determine-who-was-it/64856/22 "2001-05-10T12:30:02Z")
In addition to the potato, engine 9, and bottle of ink, I remember this one being used on rare occassions: Ishkabibbel(sp.?) the king of the Jews Wiped his ass with the Daily News the paper was thin his fingers slipped in Oh what a mess Ishkabibbel was in. (Don’t blame me, I didn’t make it up.) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-determine-who-was-it/64856/23 "2001-05-11T17:16:10Z")
We all put out feet in and said, Eeny meeny moanie Mike, Tuscalery bony strike, Omprey vomprey voo, Out goes you. My grandmother taught us that one. We actually had arguments about who would say the rhyme. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-determine-who-was-it/64856.md?page=1)