Gentlemen with Rhymes

Question

The Farmer And His Three Daughters

A small town farmer had three daughters.
Being a single father, he tended to be a little over-protective of his daughters. When gentlemen came to take his daughters out on a date, he would greet them with a shotgun to make sure they knew who was boss.

One evening, all of his daughters were going out on dates. The doorbell rang, the farmer got his shotgun, and answered the door.
A gentleman said,
Hi, I'm Joe,
I'm here for Flo,
We're goin' to the show,
Is she ready to go?

The farmer frowned but decided to let them go.

The doorbell rang again, the farmer got his shotgun, and answered the door.
A gentleman said,
Hi, I'm Eddie,
I'm here for Betty,
We gettin' spaghetti,
Is she ready?

The farmer frowned but decided to let them go.

The doorbell rang again, the farmer got his shotgun, and answered the door.
A gentleman said,
Hi, I'm Chuck, ...

And the farmer shot him.



Link: http://www.jokelibrary.net/occupations/farmer1.html#jew_hindu_and_lawyer_at_farm_house

Answer 1

Wait a minute!

Chuck was going to say,

"Hi, sir, I'm Chuck,

I'm here for Mai-luk,

To get Peking duck,

Is she ready to truck?"

And the farmer shot the poor guy?! 

Comments

Lol - it is indeed tragic -  - oops the poor chap had the wrong name ...

I thought of a nice "truck",

but - sadly - it got "stuck",

and it was even "struck"

by a roadhog called "Huck",

who'd rather try his "luck" -

seeking his hockey "puck",

because there was no duck ... 

 

I remember very well a delicious supper, which included Beijing duck.

But I am talking nonsense ...

Answer 2

Well Marianne, I don't have O'Tink's facility with verse...but maybe I will just point out that people have been "rhyming with Chuck" for many millennia now...it's not necessarily a capital offense...    of course I would not know about things like that myself but some people say it's not a bad thing at all! 

Maybe the farmer ought to give things a chance, just sayin...

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But Virginia, the farmer just wanted to keep his daughters on the straight and narrow! 

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Lol, Virginia, I fully agree with you! One can't just judge hastily by a name - or a rhyme ...

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Oh yes, T(h)ink - that looks like the kind of crushing and shaming authority.

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Hmmm...glad those were not MY folks...a bit too straight/narrow, methinks...life being meant to be lived, and all...that certainly  gives a whole new take on the Grant Wood!    

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@ Marianne and Virginia, there is some doubt as to whether Wood's painting depicts a husband and wife or a father and daughter.

" 9. American Gothic does not depict husband and wife. Maybe.

A popular caption for the painting in newspapers was An Iowa Farmer and His Wife, but that was not how the painting’s female model saw it. Nan [Wood's sister] told people the painting depicted a father and his daughter, perhaps because she resented being "married" to a man twice her age [Wood's dentist]. Wood himself waffled on this point."

http://mentalfloss.com/article/64853/15-things-you-might-not-know-about-american-gothic

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O'Tink, I had no idea, quite interesting!!! The models are certainly an ideal pair for conveying a certain essence of puritanic Americanism...

(Oh the wonderful things you can pick up on SOLVED...!)

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@ Virginia,

American puritanism may have been in no small part based on the idea that America was the New Eden, and, by gum, we'll get it right this time. We're done listening to snakes.

Or are we...? 

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@T(h)ink and Virginia

Oh yes, we have seen this famous painting parodied too often, it reminds, partly, of a mixture of Flemish, Italian and some other influences, combined with American Precisionism, and my own impression was that of a sad, tired couple, having gone through years of hardship, sacrifices, pain, toiling and dullness - left without inner joy - caught inside a rigid, intolerant and merciless system, were duty, coersion, obedience, atonement and shame killed every sparkle of inner joy, compassion, humour, motivations and love.

By the way, the opposite of this too severe portrait is that shown in the occasionally retransmitted TV parody series Green Acres (for English exercises):

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O'Tink! I have been chipping away at this video in spare time over the last couple of days, and find it very interesting - how the USA came to have religious freedom as a basic foundation, along with separation of church and state.

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Hi Virginia,

Yes, and at 13:47 begins a discussion on how Jefferson proposed a bill to disestablish the Virginia state-sponsored church (Anglican), so that the clergy would not get fat and lazy with their guaranteed tax-supported check every month. That goes for a lot of other things besides, like fat-cat government bureaucrats of all stripes. 

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O'Tink, yes that part was not lost on me...I was seeing that tax subsidy through government as carried over from the practice in England, especially since the supported clergy were Anglican? And what came to mind at the same time was the well-documented scientific contributions of the British clergy, so supported that they had the leisure, to scientific advances which came out of Great Britain! Not all of them, of course, I am sure some clergy just treated their secure position as a sinecure...

One point that really came through on the video, I thought, was just how innovative, creative and radical were the founding principles of the USA tradition of freedom, "shaping our identity," as the film put it...fascinating to see the history of how those were developed...

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Marianne that gif from Green Acres is delightful, I used to watch the TV program occasionally but had never seen that!

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Virginia, yes the founding of the US was indeed marvelous, and I hope we aren't screwing it all up today, with our damnably corrupt politicians and pitifully uninformed public.

I think it was Franklin who said, "We gave you a Republic, if you can keep it! "

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O'Tink, I had not heard the Franklin quote, THAT was quite prescient...

I did take down another quote from your PBS video, and thinking of posting it as a question, also; because (as you know) I am pondering our 'freedom' dilemmas...here it is...from the video:

"Freedom can be quite dangerous. I think that Americans are both wedded to freedom and nervous about where it might lead."

And as far as "if we can keep it," I actually found the video quite encouraging. The nation has REALLY been through some difficult times, and managed to make some drastic corrections. All this with one Civil War and various civil unrest, but still basically on track. So yes, I am nervous about our destiny, but committed to do my part, whatever I can. (Nice retirement!)

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Lol, Virginia - I couldn't help remembering Green Acres; somewhere in the eighties, we received Sky Channel (the only one in English) - with some episodes of old classics of this kind for about 2 - 3 years - excellent for practicing English.

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Marianne, I can imagine those old TV shows WERE good for practicing English, with exposure to lots of the vernacular, also!

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Indeed, Virginia, there are quite a few ways of learning and exercising, and learning with fun is more motivating.

Answer 3

I plead insanity!   

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Lol, Rooster - you are not the only one ...