True dat. But maybe the 'true love' has plenty bling and cha-ching and is just being a show off.
12 Days of Christmas: Why so many birds?
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True dat. But maybe the 'true love' has plenty bling and cha-ching and is just being a show off.
I hope I don't get that for Christmas.
I remember seeing a sketch on TV in which the sendee was sued because of all of the damage the presents caused. The birds pooped everywhere and lords-a-leaping broke all the figurines etc.
^ We're counting on you and your fellow down belowers to give us a more exotic version, Miss Chicken.
Four Kakapo
Three Currawong
Two Kakariki
And a vicious Cassowary!
Four Kakapo
Three Currawong
Two Kakariki
And a vicious Cassowary!
You could try any of the following
Black Robins (Five Black Robins) - very rare NZ bird.
Emu
Brolga
Galah
Tawny Frogmouth
Lyrebird
Fairy-wren
however Australia already has its own version of the song
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGrJN50Xq1w[/yt]
Black Robins (Five Black Robins) - very rare NZ bird.
Emu
Brolga
Galah
Tawny Frogmouth
Lyrebird
Fairy-wren
however Australia already has its own version of the song
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGrJN50Xq1w[/yt]
Sounds similar to Frank Kelly's Christmas Countdown:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbejNNCTr7k[/yt]
I like this take on it, too:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugv1Ug4U-zs[/yt]
She gets a LOT more people than that. Don't forget that according to the lyrics she technically gets ALL the presents from the previous days AGAIN on each new day.
For example, on day 1 she gets a partridge in the pear tree. But on day 2, according to the lyrics, she gets two turtle doves AND a partridge in the pear tree.... but she already has one partridge in a pear tree from day one. So by the 12th day, she actually collects 12 partridges & pear trees. Now do the math for all the other presents...
Imreally like the first version
Hereare thw words to another Australian version
Hereare thw words to another Australian version
She gets a LOT more people than that. Don't forget that according to the lyrics she technically gets ALL the presents from the previous days AGAIN on each new day.
For example, on day 1 she gets a partridge in the pear tree. But on day 2, according to the lyrics, she gets two turtle doves AND a partridge in the pear tree.... but she already has one partridge in a pear tree from day one. So by the 12th day, she actually collects 12 partridges & pear trees. Now do the math for all the other presents...
This feels like Calculus.
With so many versions out there, no one seems to know who the original author of “12 Days of Christmas Correspondence” is. But it’s still funny.
And yeah, that’s an awful lot of birds.
And yeah, that’s an awful lot of birds.
The song singer gets:
12 Partridges and twelve pear trees.
22 Turtles doves.
30 French hens.
36 Calling/Colly birds.
40 Golden rings
42 Geese
42 Swans
40 Milk Maids
36 Dancing ladies
30 Leaping lords.
22 Pipers
12 Drummers
184 birds. (or 224 if you count the golden rings as birds.)
140 people
12 Trees.
And, maybe, 40 gold rings.
So, huh, she doesn't quite get more people than birds.
12 Partridges and twelve pear trees.
22 Turtles doves.
30 French hens.
36 Calling/Colly birds.
40 Golden rings
42 Geese
42 Swans
40 Milk Maids
36 Dancing ladies
30 Leaping lords.
22 Pipers
12 Drummers
184 birds. (or 224 if you count the golden rings as birds.)
140 people
12 Trees.
And, maybe, 40 gold rings.
So, huh, she doesn't quite get more people than birds.
You know I wonder how much all this stuff would cost. I mean that is some serious cash that true love is spending on you. Hopefully the reciever of the gifts in this song treated her like royalty for the rest of her life.
I'm afraid it's inferior to the Canadian version of the song:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32CwrOZVobo[/yt]
I assume, at those rates, you only get the hire of the people for a day?
Check out the Christmas Price Index, tracks the costs of all of these items, both as individuals (you only get one partridge, two turtle doves, etc.) and as the compounded way the song presents (12 partridges, 22 turtle doves, etc.)
No, no, both of you have it incorrect, the version done by XTC is the best:
"Andy Partridge in a pear tree"
As for the birds, well, we all knew the REAL reason they're angry.
Really like the chart on the right side of that. Really shows how much inflation has affected everything.
