# Without Googling (or using another search tool) can you... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200 "2011-08-18T17:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/1 "2011-08-18T17:58:48Z")
…add the next line of these “familiar” things? (Sort of a response/examination of the ideas in [Is there any cultural reference that every American knows?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14153567)) 1. The gingham dog and the calico cat… 2. There is a house in New Orleans… 3. Love means never having to say… 4. All around the mulberry bush… 5. I found my thrill… Do feel free to add your own “tests” of the basic theory… ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/2 "2011-08-18T18:00:59Z")
1. Rings a bell for me as a childhood rhyme or something, but I can’t finish the sentence. 2. No idea. 3-5. Sure, I got these. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/3 "2011-08-18T18:05:42Z")
I only very vaguely know the first one, and couldn’t come up with the key word in the next line. The other four I know very well. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/4 "2011-08-18T18:06:46Z")
All but #1. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/5 "2011-08-18T18:06:55Z")
[quote=“Zeldar, post:1, topic:593200”] …add the next line of these “familiar” things? 1. The gingham dog and the calico cat… Side by side on the window sill sat 1. There is a house in New Orleans… They call the Rising Sun 1. Love means never having to say… you’re sorry. 1. All around the mulberry bush… The monkey chased the weasel 1. I found my thrill… On Blueberry Hill ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/6 "2011-08-18T18:07:04Z")
1. no 2. yes 3. yes 4. no 5. yes ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/7 "2011-08-18T18:17:49Z")
All but 1. And I still don’t know what it’s from. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/8 "2011-08-18T18:23:34Z")
1. The gingham dog and the calico cat…no idea 2. There is a house in New Orleans…no idea 3. Love means never having to say…you’re sorry 4. All around the mulberry bush…is this supposed to be “pop, goes the weasel”? Because the version I learned does not have that immediately following “all around the mulberry bush” though I can’t remember what did. 5. I found my thrill…on Strawberry Hill. **ETA:** Strawberry? Really? Where did I come up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/9 "2011-08-18T18:32:00Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > All but #1. Ditto. FTR… 2 …they call the Rising Sun. 3 …you’re sorry. 4 …the monkey chased the weasel. 5 …on Blueberry Hill. I am…AMAZED that more people seem to know the first than the second, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/10 "2011-08-18T18:32:21Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > All but 1. > > And I still don’t know what it’s from. So Google it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/11 "2011-08-18T18:33:35Z")
1. No 2. Yes 3. Yes, though I know it through pop culture references and not the original source. 4. Yes 5. Yes ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/12 "2011-08-18T18:35:34Z")
All but #1. Even after reading others’ spoilers I have no idea what this is. 1. I know the answer! The answer lies within the hearts of all mankind! The answer is \_\_\_\_\_ ? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/13 "2011-08-18T18:35:46Z")
All but 1, but it rings a vague bell. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/14 "2011-08-18T18:37:26Z")
[ol] [li]No (but the given phrase is somewhat familiar)[/li] [li]Yes[/li] [li]Yes[/li] [li]No (but I know the British version of _Pop Goes the Weasel,_ which does not have this line, as well as _Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush_, which I think must be a different song)[/li] [li]Yes[/li][/ol] (But I am not an American.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/15 "2011-08-18T18:37:43Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > So Google it! 😃 I did! Right after I posted. I’ve absolutely never heard it before. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/16 "2011-08-18T18:37:44Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 1. The gingham dog and the calico cat… > 2. There is a house in New Orleans… > 3. Love means never having to say… > 4. All around the mulberry bush… > 5. I found my thrill… > > Do feel free to add your own “tests” of the basic theory… 1. No clue. 2. They call the rising sun? 3. I’m sorry 4. The monkey chased the weasel 5. On blueberry hill My additions: 1. You put your left foot in… 2. There’s a place in France… 3. …a bullfrog jumped from bank to bank. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/17 "2011-08-18T18:40:02Z")
I knew all of them; I had to memorize #1 once. Otherwise I wouldn’t have known #1. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/18 "2011-08-18T18:42:03Z")
1. There is a house in New Orleans… they call the Rising Sun. 2. Love means never having to say… you’re sorry. 3. All around the mulberry bush… the monkey chased the weasel. 4. I found my thrill… on Blueberry Hill. 1. The gingham dog and the calico cat… Sounds familiar, but I can’t say I know this one. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/19 "2011-08-18T18:46:06Z")
All but 1. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200/20 "2011-08-18T18:47:31Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > 1. I know the answer! The answer lies within the hearts of all mankind! The answer is \_\_\_\_\_ ? No idea > [@malkavia](#): > > My additions: > > 1. You put your left foot in… > 2. There’s a place in France… > 3. …a bullfrog jumped from bank to bank. 1. Never heard it. 1. you put your left foot out… 2. where the ladies wear no pants\* \*this came up at work the other day. Everyone agrees on that 2nd line, but things start to vary after that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-or-using-another-search-tool-can-you/593200.md?page=2)