I didn’t want to hijack this thread, even though it’s a zombie. It reminded me of this thing that we used to do back in the 50s/60s:
One hen.
One hen; two ducks.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alverso’s tweezers.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alverso’s tweezers; 7,000 Macedonians in full battle array.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alverso’s tweezers; 7,000 Macedonians in full battle array; eight brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alverso’s tweezers; 7,000 Macedonians in full battle array; eight brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt; nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates, with a marked propensity toward procrastination and
sloth.
One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alverso’s tweezers; 7,000 Macedonians in full battle array; eight brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt; nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates, with a marked propensity toward procrastination and sloth; 10 lyrical, spherical, diabolical denizens of the deep, who hall and stall around the corner of the quo, the quay and the quivery, all at the very same time.