# "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:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/81 "2016-03-24T14:50:25Z")
There used to be a version running round the British Conservative party, when Margaret Thatcher was busy bossing around her cabinet ministers, including the apparently meek and mild Geoffrey Howe: She was only a grocer’s daughter, but she showed Sir Geoffrey Howe. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Hans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Super\_Hans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Hans)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/82 "2016-03-24T16:35:00Z")
She was only a bus drivers daughter but she’d often get paid to be ridden. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Hans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Super\_Hans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Hans)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/83 "2016-03-24T16:38:16Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > She was only a Zombie Thread’s daughter, but she knew how to stimulate Super Hans posting instincts. :p:cool: This thread should never have died in the first place 😢 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/84 "2016-03-24T17:52:02Z")
She was only a combinatorist’s daughter, but she did it in every possible combination! ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/85 "2016-03-24T19:15:06Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > She was only the stableman’s daughter, but all the horse manure. > > Courtesy of my late mother-in-law. > > Regards, > Shodan That works better the way I first heard it: She worked in the stales sweeping out the dirty straw, and all the horsemen knew her. ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/86 "2016-03-24T22:34:12Z")
She was only a real estate agent’s daughter, but the boys still loved her lots. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/87 "2016-03-24T23:12:00Z")
Not quite in keeping, but: She was an acrobat’s daughter She swung by her teeth from a noose Then one fine day Her bridgework gave way And she flew through the air like a goose ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/88 "2016-03-25T21:23:06Z")
She was only a nail shop owner’s daughter, but she could always find a manicure what ailed her. ---
**Author:** ![MT\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@MT\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MT_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826/89 "2017-05-09T21:56:55Z")
She was only a steelworker’s daughter, but when I showed her my knob she made a bolt for the door. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-was-only-a-____-daughter-but-____/362826.md?page=4)