# There was an Old Lady **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047 "2003-04-21T15:13:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/1 "2003-04-21T15:13:53Z")
The was an Old Lady who swallowed a fly. I dunno why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she’ll die. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/2 "2003-04-21T15:20:22Z")
At least she could have unzipped it first. Caused it to burst. She’s simply the worst! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/3 "2003-04-21T15:23:21Z")
How sad the state of affairs in our nation when the elderly must resort to eating flies! Sad indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/4 "2003-04-21T15:52:01Z")
Was she a [MeanOldLady](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=25267)? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/5 "2003-04-21T16:56:55Z")
Swallow a spider! Wriggle, jiggle, and tickle, it could catch the fly. I don’t know why she swallowed the fly, either. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/6 "2003-04-21T17:29:22Z")
I know an old lady who swallowed a bird. How absurd, to swallow a bird She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wiggles and jiggled and tickeled inside her She swallowed the spider to catch the fly But I don’t know whjy she swallowed the fly. I guess she’ll die. hehe I love this song. I still sing it all the time (i’m nearly 22 years old, and I don’t have kids!) ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/7 "2003-04-21T22:10:16Z")
There was an old lady who swallowed a cat think of that, she swallowed a cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird… I’m sure there must be some good innuendo that can be inserted in a thread that’s all about swallowing. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/8 "2003-04-25T08:22:01Z")
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse— **BOOM!** She’s dead, of course! ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/9 "2003-04-25T08:24:03Z")
That old lady is probably full of parasites now Urgh, i have been studying too much public health/food science today ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/10 "2003-04-25T10:38:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\*Was she a [MeanOldLady](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=25267)? \*\* Har har har. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/11 "2003-04-25T11:53:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jazzmine \* > \*\*There was an old lady who swallowed a cat > think of that, she swallowed a cat. > She swallowed the cat to catch the bird… > \*\* A bat? No, a cat. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/12 "2003-04-25T12:08:06Z")
There was an old lady who swallowed some crack, She swallowed the crack to get the cops off her back. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/13 "2003-04-26T07:29:39Z")
Nice bits of exploded former old lady have been thrown about the room along with several farm animals. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/14 "2003-04-26T13:42:16Z")
There was an old lady who swallowed. . . Instead of spitting. She may be old, but she’s popular with the guys:) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/15 "2003-04-26T15:40:21Z")
'…had so many children she didn’t know what to do–which was obvious" ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-an-old-lady/170047/16 "2003-04-26T21:10:04Z")
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly…that’s what you get for eating at McDonalds…