I just randomly remembered a game we did as kids for birthdays and wondered if you did too.
If you were the birthday kid all your friends would get in a line behind you w/ your gift and everyone would chant,
"HEAVY HEAVY HANGOVER THY POOR HEAD. WHAT WOULD YOU WISH WITH A BUMP ON YOUR HEAD"
With the word bump you would get cracked in the head by the gift and smile in pain. Then that kid would make a wish for you and it was usually really weird.
Anyone? Anyone remember this madness? Why are mormons saying this? I learned it in Utah? What is happening? It just seems so wrong and yet so right!!!
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What IS the deal with that game?! I don't think I understand it then, and I definitely don't understand it now.
Mom? Dad? Care to explain?!
Understood... pretend I said "understood" and that I used the right tense in that last comment.
(Freak. Sometimes I hate the guilt that comes with being an editor.)
Ummm, I think that swine flu has gone straight to your brain.
I hated that game. I always felt embarrassed for some reason! What IS the deal?
OK Lady.
If you're going to bring it up, bring it up correctly:
"Heavy, heavy hangover THY poor head.
What do you wish this person with a bump on the head?"
I had to do that as a child.
You had to do it.
Your children should too.
You don't have to write thank you notes after wards if you wish them a nice wish at the time of the party.
There ya go. Etiquette.
I'm glad the "they" vs. "thy" thing was corrected. I was very confused. And I never played this game...but I like it.
Clerical error. I did mean to put THY.
Sue me.
And I love that we had to do this. It's just a little messed up.
I like the etiquette logic. I'll take it.
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