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Thomas Veil

Thomas Veil

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Today I brew, tomorrow I bake,
And then the queen's child I will take.
For no one knows my little game
And __________________________.

This came up in recent conversation. Don't ask me why, because that might give away the answer.

First I want to see if anybody can fill in the last few words. If and when someone gets it, I'll explain how this weird little poem happened to come up in conversation.
 
My initial guess was correct but I feel that I cheated when I Googled to prove myself right. So I will abstain from answering, for the near future at least.
 
Thomas Veil said:
Today I brew, tomorrow I bake,
And then the queen's child I will take.
For no one knows my little game
And __________________________.

This came up in recent conversation. Don't ask me why, because that might give away the answer.

First I want to see if anybody can fill in the last few words. If and when someone gets it, I'll explain how this weird little poem happened to come up in conversation.
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Something something Rumplestiltskin's my name? I know that's what it's from, but I don't know the exact words. Did I ruin it for everyone else? Sorry :eek:
 
Dealing with Rumpelstiltskin Syndrome in middle management, or looking to segue into Secretary of Defense turf?
 
Today I brew, tomorrow I bake,
And then the queen's child I will take.
For no one knows my little game
And no one senses ny hidden pain

I don't have issues. I swear.
I just think that rhyming things should be depressing. :eek:

I know I'm not right, of course.... :)
 
Exactly what I was going to put amateurmacfreak!

Is it me or are you just reading my mind lately... :eek:
 
Today I brew, tomorrow I bake,
And then the queen's child I will take.
For no one knows my little game
An' it's Thomas Veil, I have no name.

For Veil I am and veiled I'll be
Ever in anonymity
Tomorrow I'll post what today I spy
But Tom unVeil'd ne'er meets your eye.
 
CanadaRAM said:
Today I brew, tomorrow I bake,
And then the queen's child I will take.
For no one knows my little game
An' it's Thomas Veil, I have no name.

For Veil I am and veiled I'll be
Ever in anonymity
Tomorrow I'll post what today I spy
But Tom unVeil'd ne'er meets your eye.
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:eek:

*grumbles something about his lack of poetic ability*

(but in truth, very well done :D )
 
Today I brew, tomorrow I bake,
And then the queen's child I will take.
For no one knows my little game
And... If they do, I'll go insane!
 
Yeah, it's Rumplestiltskin.

It came about because I was at a party, and some of us had little ones with us, and someone happened to say something like, "Yeah, we're brewing some coffee," and then someone else immediately said, "Tomorrow I'll be baking."

And goofy me, it triggered that silly poem in my head:

Today I brew, tomorrow I bake,
And then the queen's child I will take.
For no one knows my little game
And Rumplestiltskin is my name.

Now, at this party, when those two people said something about brewing and baking, I was trying to be punnish and I said, "Yeah, today we're brewing, tomorrow we bake, and then the queen's child I will take." Now, I thought I'd get at least a couple of eye rolls and groans. But everybody just looked at me. Nothing. Nada. They didn't get it.

So I said, "You know, the children's story?" Nope. Half a dozen people, and nobody knew what I was talking about. Even when I told them it was from Rumplestiltskin, they weren't familiar with the rhyme.

This kind of happens to me a lot. Maybe I move in a circle of know-nothings, but I swear, when I'm with family and friends, I feel like I'm Dennis Miller in a roomful of George Bushes. :D

You guys got it right off the bat.

Maybe my family and friends have lost touch with their inner child. Or maybe I'm still just immature. :p
 
Thomas Veil said:
So I said, "You know, the children's story?" Nope. Half a dozen people, and nobody knew what I was talking about. Even when I told them it was from Rumplestiltskin, they weren't familiar with the rhyme.

This kind of happens to me a lot.
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Give up on adults.

Spend lots more time with children.
 
Agent Smith said:
I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I saw that on the Daily Show. Funniest bit I've seen in a while. :D
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Agreed.

Oh, and CanadaRAM, I missed your little rhyme when I scanned this thread earlier. Very good, very clever. I like it. :)
 
Thomas Veil said:
Even when I told them it was from Rumplestiltskin, they weren't familiar with the rhyme.

This kind of happens to me a lot. Maybe I move in a circle of know-nothings, but I swear, when I'm with family and friends, I feel like I'm Dennis Miller in a roomful of George Bushes. :D

You guys got it right off the bat.

Maybe my family and friends have lost touch with their inner child. Or maybe I'm still just immature. :p
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Had you said the whole poem up to the las line at the party I'm sure a couple of people would have guessed the ending. I myself had never heard the rhyme (or if I have it did not stick in my head like the mounds of other worthless knowledge that has). The problem with Rumplestiltskin is that every children's book has a version and every version is slightly different. Some have the rhyme, some don't, and depending on which one happens to be available the poem may not have been read by any of the adults present.
 
You may be right.

After I told 'em what I was talking about, we got off onto the subject of fairy tales, and I mentioned how "grimm" some of the "Grimm's Fairy Tales" were.

We often hear the "sanitized" versions, but if you read some of those original European fables, a lot of them were kind of sick.

I remember as a little kid being horrified at the "original" version of "Little Red Riding Hood".

Not only did the wolf swallow the grandmother whole, but we know this because the hunter who came to the rescue cut the wolf open from stem to stern to let her out. Then he filled the wolf up with rocks, sewed him up again, and dropped him down a well!

Not even Dick Cheney would do that! :D
 
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