# Rhyme about Beans

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyme-about-beans/1026439 "2026-01-07T18:10:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyme-about-beans/1026439/29 "2026-01-08T12:33:18Z")

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Discourse’s “related threads” feature points out we did this 15 years ago. See (smell? 🙂 ) this blast from the past:

> [@Are beans "the perfect fruit" ,"the magical fruit" or "good for your heart"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-beans-the-perfect-fruit-the-magical-fruit-or-good-for-your-heart/530895):
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> Debate amongst several of us including my9 year old. I always knew it as: Beans beans the perfect fruit The more you eat the more you toot The more you toot the better you feel Beans beans with every meal! Other, competing versions include Beans beans are good for your heart The more you eat the more you fart The more you fart the better you feel Beans beans with every meal! and lastly Beans beans the MAGICAL fruit The more you eat the more you toot The more you toot the better you…

Lotta familiar names in that thread, and a few not seen nor heard from in years. And some different variations in the rhyme not mentioned here.

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