# Two lines at a time only, please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lines-at-a-time-only-please/274963>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 16, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lines-at-a-time-only-please/274963 "2004-11-16T00:33:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lines-at-a-time-only-please/274963/1 "2004-11-16T00:33:25Z")

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Military types will recognize this one, gimme some verses.

A yellow bird  
with a yellow bill

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**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lines-at-a-time-only-please/274963/2 "2004-11-16T01:07:01Z")

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He landed on

My window sill…

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lines-at-a-time-only-please/274963/3 "2004-11-16T01:20:36Z")

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He opened his beak  
and started to sing…

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**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lines-at-a-time-only-please/274963/4 "2004-11-16T01:24:02Z")

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But what came out  
was a chicken wing

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lines-at-a-time-only-please/274963/5 "2004-11-16T02:42:33Z")

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The wing was breaded  
And coated with sauce…

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lines-at-a-time-only-please/274963/6 "2004-11-16T03:37:50Z")

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How it got there  
I was at a loss