# The 12 Days of the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950 "2005-11-27T20:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/1 "2005-11-27T20:14:04Z")
_On the first day of Christmas, My true sent to me…_ A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/2 "2005-11-27T20:19:17Z")
On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me Two Harry Potter Threads and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/3 "2005-11-27T20:32:53Z")
On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/4 "2005-11-27T21:09:42Z")
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/5 "2005-11-27T21:13:38Z")
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, Five Golden Smilies, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/6 "2005-11-27T21:14:46Z")
On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, Six spelling nitpicks, Five Golden Smilies, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/7 "2005-11-27T21:27:26Z")
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me, Seven Mods a-Modding, Six spelling nitpicks, Five Golden Smilies, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/8 "2005-11-27T21:45:38Z")
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, Eight TMI threads Seven Mods a-Modding, Six spelling nitpicks, Five Golden Smilies, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/9 "2005-11-27T21:54:40Z")
> [@drewbert](#): > > On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, > > Eight TMI threads > Seven Mods a-Modding, > Six spelling nitpicks, > Five Golden Smilies, > Four well-deserved bannings, > Three threads of pet pics, > Two Harry Potter threads, > and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. Sorry to nitpick we need to fix 6 & 8 for future ref: On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Twelve drummers drumming, Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a-leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree! So maybe this will fix it: Eight TMI threads a-threading Seven Mods a-Modding, Six spelling nitpickers a-nitpicking Five Golden Smilies, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/10 "2005-11-27T21:56:15Z")
Nine “nice guys” whining Eight TMI threads Seven Mods a-Modding, Six spelling nitpicks, Five Golden Smilies, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/11 "2005-11-27T21:58:40Z")
On the tenthday of Christmas, my true love sent to me: Ten guests debating Nine “nice guys” whining Eight TMI threads a-threading Seven Mods a-Modding, Six spelling nitpickers a-nitpicking Five Golden Smilies, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/12 "2005-11-27T22:07:46Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Sorry to nitpick we need to fix 6 & 8 > for future ref: > On the twelfth day of Christmas, > my true love sent to me > Twelve drummers drumming, > Eleven pipers piping, > Ten lords a-leaping, > Nine ladies dancing, > Eight maids a-milking, > Seven swans a-swimming, > Six geese a-laying, > Five golden rings, > Four calling birds, > Three French hens, > Two turtle doves, > And a partridge in a pear tree! > > So maybe this will fix it: > Eight TMI threads a-threading > Seven Mods a-Modding, > Six spelling nitpickers a-nitpicking > Five Golden Smilies, > Four well-deserved bannings, > Three threads of pet pics, > Two Harry Potter threads, > and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. Sorry to nitpick your nitpick but they’re going by the meter, not the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/13 "2005-11-27T22:27:27Z")
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: Eleven drunken rantings Ten guests debating Nine “nice guys” whining Eight TMI threads a-threading Seven Mods a-Modding, Six spelling nitpickers a-nitpicking Five Golden Smilies, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. Reply With Quote ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/14 "2005-11-27T22:39:25Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Sorry to nitpick your nitpick but they’re going by the meter, not the lyrics. To nitpick your nitpick of a nitpick, it all fell apart with the first one anyways, it doesn’t fit the meter or lyrics. On the twelveth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: Twelve Trolls Trolling Eleven drunken rantings Ten guests debating Nine “nice guys” whining Eight TMI threads a-threading Seven Mods a-Modding, Six spelling nitpickers a-nitpicking Five Golden Smilies, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and A pit thread about Bush’s latest policy. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/15 "2005-11-27T23:06:44Z")
On the Thirteenth Day of Christmas, MacTruloff centipede: Thirteen socks a socking, Twelve Trolls Trolling Eleven drunken rantings Ten guests debating Nine “nice guys” whining Eight TMI threads a-threading Seven Mods a-Modding, Six spelling nitpickers a-nitpicking Five Golden Smilies, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and a parsnip in a psaltry. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/16 "2005-11-28T18:36:47Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > To nitpick your nitpick of a nitpick, it all fell apart with the first one anyways, it doesn’t fit the meter or lyrics. Are there any 12 Day parodies that get the meter _exactly_ right? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/17 "2005-11-28T18:48:48Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Are there any 12 Day parodies that get the meter _exactly_ right? 🙂 I thought the classic McKensie Brothers parody did? You know the one with the 5 Golden Tooks. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/18 "2005-11-28T20:08:29Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > I thought the classic McKensie Brothers parody did? > You know the one with the 5 Golden Tooks. Nah, they lost it when it was “a beer … i-in a tree.” 🙂 (Coincidentally, my mother once gave my brother and I matching presents on Christmas morning–a non-alcoholic beer, two slices of French toast that she actually made and then wrapped, turtlenecks, uncooked Canadian bacon that she also wrapped, and a Golden Took for each of us. My mom’s weird.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/19 "2005-11-28T20:10:51Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Nah, they lost it when it was “a beer … i-in a tree.” 🙂 > > (Coincidentally, my mother once gave my brother and I matching presents on Christmas morning–a non-alcoholic beer, two slices of French toast that she actually made and then wrapped, turtlenecks, uncooked Canadian bacon that she also wrapped, and a Golden Took for each of us. My mom’s weird.) That’s awesome, my Mom would never in her life do anything that quirky or interesting. Consider yourself lucky. Jim ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950/20 "2005-11-28T20:15:22Z")
On the Fourteenth Day of Christmas, MacTruloff centipede: Fourteen turkey recipes, Thirteen socks a socking, Twelve Trolls Trolling Eleven drunken rantings Ten guests debating Nine “nice guys” whining Eight TMI threads a-threading Seven Mods a-Modding, Six spelling nitpickers a-nitpicking Five Golden Smilies, Four well-deserved bannings, Three threads of pet pics, Two Harry Potter threads, and a potato in a pastie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-12-days-of-the-sdmb/332950.md?page=2)