Re: H-E-double toothpicks

Posted by ESC on January 29, 2005

In Reply to: Re: H-E-double toothpicks posted by Steve Eichner on January 28, 2005

: : I recently came across this euphamism fof "hell" from my childhood and wanted to record it for posterity. In some parts of the US, and perhaps elsewhere, "hell" is considered a swear word. Another euphamism is "heck".

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: From my youth (a long time ago!) there was H-E-double hockey sticks.

Helen had a steamboat
Steamboat had a bell
Took a stick of dynamite
And blew it all to
Helen had a steamboat