# "She was only a \_\_\_\_ daughter, but \_\_\_\_!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826 "2006-07-01T01:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/1 "2006-07-01T01:20:45Z")
She was only a librarian’s daughter, but boy was she stacked! She was only a wrestler’s daughter, but she always came through in a clinch! She was only a telegraph operator’s daughter, but she didit and didit and didit! She was only a minister’s daughter, but I wouldn’t put anything pastor! Got any? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/2 "2006-07-01T01:22:36Z")
She was only a Hindu’s daughter, but holy cow! ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/3 "2006-07-01T01:25:15Z")
She was only a porn star’s daughter, but boy did she like to have sex quite frequently! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/4 "2006-07-01T01:33:00Z")
She was only a semiotician’s daughter, but she knew a thing or two about triadic relations. ---
**Author:** ![seenidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@seenidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seenidog)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/5 "2006-07-01T01:35:08Z")
She was only a glass grinder’s daughter, but was she a spectacle! I am hoping most of you are too young to know that is older and me and my wife. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/6 "2006-07-01T01:35:44Z")
She was Bred in Old Kentucky, But she’s just a Crumb up here. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/7 "2006-07-01T01:53:18Z")
I found this same game in a 1930 newspaper. They gave you ten examples, and you filled in the blank. Most of them were pretty sappy. An example of the best one: “She was only a \_\_\_\_\_\_ daughter, but she always kneaded the dough.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/8 "2006-07-01T02:37:17Z")
She was only a printer’s daughter, but she just wasn’t my type! ---
**Author:** ![kalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kalex)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/9 "2006-07-01T03:04:44Z")
She was only the stable man’s daughter But all the horsemen knew her. (Oh come on, it’s funny!) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/10 "2006-07-01T03:10:09Z")
She was only a fisherman’s daughter, but she reeled when she saw my rod. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/11 "2006-07-01T03:40:01Z")
She was only a hacker’s daughter, but she still knew how to handle hardware problems! ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/12 "2006-07-01T04:57:23Z")
She was only a framers daughter, but she was outstanding in her field. She was only a stonecutters daughter, but no one took her for granite. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/13 "2006-07-01T05:06:05Z")
[QUOTE=DanBlather] She was only a framers daughter, but she was outstanding in her field. [/QUOTE] And of course She was only a _farmers_ daughter but she liked to get hammered. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/14 "2006-07-01T05:14:58Z")
She was only a mortician’s daughter but she nearly killed me! ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/15 "2006-07-01T06:15:33Z")
She was only a communist’s daughter but she sure was classy! She was only a carpenter’s daughter but she sure gave me wood! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/16 "2006-07-01T07:31:22Z")
She was only a tobacconist’s daughter, but she’d shag under the counter for half a crown. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/17 "2006-07-01T09:00:19Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] She was only a fisherman’s daughter, but she reeled when she saw my rod. [/QUOTE] Close to this one I know “She was only a fishmonger’s daughter but she lay on the slab and said fillet.” ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/18 "2006-07-01T09:09:40Z")
She was only a plumber’s daughter, but she sure could drain it! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/19 "2006-07-01T12:31:58Z")
Revised lines from Seinfeld: She was only a violinist’s daugher but Yo Yo Ma! She was only a diplomat’s daughter but Butros Butros Galli! And on the flip side: He was only a carpener’s son, but he used his 12 inches as a rule! ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/20 "2006-07-01T14:38:27Z")
She was only the fishmonger’s daughter, but she had the wettest plaice in the shop! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826.md?page=2)