# The Goops

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goops/381063>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 19, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goops/381063 "2006-11-19T20:49:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![kitbaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@kitbaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitbaby)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goops/381063/1 "2006-11-19T20:49:10Z")

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:smack: You never know where your answers will come from! My mother (b.1899) used to quote this to me when I was a child. A looong time ago. And now I have a reference to this familiar work. Forget Dr. Seuss! This is the real stuff. You have brought a smile to a very old face. Thanks! 😃

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goops/381063/2 "2006-11-19T21:45:57Z")

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[And here’s the column in question](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mgoops.html), for anyone else who might be looking for it.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goops/381063/3 "2006-11-20T04:01:03Z")

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[QUOTE=kitbaby]  
:smack: You never know where your answers will come from! My mother (b.1899) used to quote this to me when I was a child. A looong time ago. And now I have a reference to this familiar work. Forget Dr. Seuss! This is the real stuff. You have brought a smile to a very old face. Thanks! 😃  
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You may be interested to learn that the books have been re-issued.

[http://www.thegoops.com/about\_goops.php#](http://www.thegoops.com/about_goops.php#)

I recall them from when I was a kid in the 1950s. I hadn’t realized they were quite so old.

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goops/381063/4 "2006-11-20T07:46:36Z")

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My mother (b. 1955) would quote them a lot when we were growing up and being naughty. She tried to introduce to my nieces, almost.

I still have a few commited to memory.

Goodness, gracious sakes alive  
Mother said be home at five  
Now the clock is striking six  
I am in an awful fix  
She will say I can’t be trusted  
And she’ll say that she’s disgusted