Lately, when dropping off the female subordinate Claus at school, she has been proclaiming “See you later, alligator”. I usually respond with the normal “after while, crocodile”, but will occassionally offer a variant such as “toodle-oo, buckeroo”, or “bye-bye, butterfly”. A google search mainly turns up references to the lyrics of the Bill Haley and the Comets song, but I did find this list:
See you later, alligator
After while, crocodile
Bye-bye, butterfly
Give a hug, ladybug
Toodle-oo, kangaroo
See you soon, raccoon
So long, King Kong
Be sweet, parakeet
Take care, polar bear
Do any of you teeming millions have any to add so that I can expand the variety of my responses and broaden my child’s horizons?
Thanks,
SC
Lately, when dropping off the female subordinate Claus at school, she has been proclaiming “See you later, alligator”. I usually respond with the normal “after while, crocodile”, but will occassionally offer a variant such as “toodle-oo, buckeroo”, or “bye-bye, butterfly”. A google search mainly turns up references to the lyrics of the Bill Haley and the Comets song, but I did find this list:
See you later, alligator
After while, crocodile
Bye-bye, butterfly
Give a hug, ladybug
Toodle-oo, kangaroo
See you soon, raccoon
So long, King Kong
Be sweet, parakeet
Take care, polar bear
Do any of you teeming millions have any to add so that I can expand the variety of my responses and broaden my child’s horizons?
Thanks,
SC
see you later, calculator
later skater
'at’s all I gots
That’s that, Kitty Cat
you could also compile a list of “what’s going on?” rhymes
What’s the word, Hummingbird?
What’s the story, Morning Glory?
(there’s one or two more from the first song in Bye Bye Birdie, but I don’t remember then OTTOMH)
See you soon, you big baboon.
anyrose:
That’s that, Kitty Cat
you could also compile a list of “what’s going on?” rhymes
What’s the word, Hummingbird?
What’s the story, Morning Glory?
(there’s one or two more from the first song in Bye Bye Birdie, but I don’t remember then OTTOMH)
i remembered another one
What’s the tale, Nightengale?
so for b’bye - you get
Gotta bail, Nightengale!
My mother would say, “After a bit, crock of shit.”
How now, Brown Cow
Till then, Penguin
Hasta Manana, Iguana
So sad, Galahad
Tough break, rattlesnake
Get real, Glockenspiel
None of which are appropriate or relevant to the OP. duh. Sorry, I just had another old rock n roll tune in mind, and sort of vomited these out.
I like to say “see ya later, crocodile”, then watch the waves of confusion rolling in.
sinjin
October 21, 2005, 12:57am
11
I always heard/said it as;
In a while, crocodile
Rhubarb
October 21, 2005, 3:14am
12
Of my own invention:
See you later, perpetrator.
After awhile, pedophile.
And a friend of mine always says “Bye sickle.”
I found two more:
Gotta go, buffalo.
Can’t stay, blue jay.
And if we don’t strictly adhere to the animal theme we can do things like:
See you soon, macaroon.
anyrose
October 21, 2005, 1:34pm
15
Ca3799:
Adios, amoeba.
that reminds me of
“hasty banana!”
And at our house, putting our boys down for bed, there’s always:
“Good night, sleep tight, and don’t let the bedbugs bite.”