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''I told my robot to cook me a stew. |
''I told my robot to cook me a stew. |
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''He said, “I got better things to do.”...''}} |
''He said, “I got better things to do.”...''}} |
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* [[All Girls Like Ponies]]: The poem "Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony". Let's just say it doesn't end well. |
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* [[An Aesop]]: Quite often, though sometimes sliding into [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]. For example, in "The Great Smoke Off": |
* [[An Aesop]]: Quite often, though sometimes sliding into [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]. For example, in "The Great Smoke Off": |
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{{quote|''And underneath his fingers |
{{quote|''And underneath his fingers |
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* [[Daddy Had a Good Reason For Abandoning You]]: "A Boy Named Sue". |
* [[Daddy Had a Good Reason For Abandoning You]]: "A Boy Named Sue". |
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* [[Dancing Pants]]: The [[Trope Namer]] is a poem in ''Where The Sidewalk Ends''. |
* [[Dancing Pants]]: The [[Trope Namer]] is a poem in ''Where The Sidewalk Ends''. |
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* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: See [[Eats Babies]] below. |
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* [[Death by Gluttony]]: "Pie Problem" |
* [[Death by Gluttony]]: "Pie Problem" |
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* [[Death by Irony]]: |
* [[Death by Irony]]: |
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''That they filled up the room |
''That they filled up the room |
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''And he drowned.}} |
''And he drowned.}} |
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** The poem " |
** The poem "Ladies First", in which Pamela Purse is always using the titular excuse for her selfishness. When the group gets caught by cannibals and are about to be eaten by the king, she still goes, "Ladies first!" |
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* [[Dual-Meaning Chorus]]: The song "I Got Stoned And I Missed It". |
* [[Dual-Meaning Chorus]]: The song "I Got Stoned And I Missed It". |
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* [[Duck]]: The poem "Web-Foot Woe". |
* [[Duck]]: The poem "Web-Foot Woe". |
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{{quote|''Now I lay me down to sleep;'' |
{{quote|''Now I lay me down to sleep;'' |
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''I pray the Lord my soul to keep.'' |
''I pray the Lord my soul to keep.'' |
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''If I should |
''If I should die before I wake,'' |
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''I pray the Lord my toys to break,'' |
''I pray the Lord my toys to break,'' |
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''So none of the other kids can use 'em...'' |
''So none of the other kids can use 'em...'' |
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* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: "Boa Constrictor". |
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: "Boa Constrictor". |
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* [[Sanity Slippage]]: The song "A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing", where he goes to increasingly absurd lengths to get [[Johnny Cash]] tickets... and his delivery gets increasingly less sane throughout the song, to the point that he's practically screaming at the end. |
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: The song "A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing", where he goes to increasingly absurd lengths to get [[Johnny Cash]] tickets... and his delivery gets increasingly less sane throughout the song, to the point that he's practically screaming at the end. |
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* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: "Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony" ends with Abigail |
* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: "Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony" ends with Abigail dead since she didn't get the beautiful pony. A note at the end suggests children should read it to their parents if they refuse to buy something for them. |
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* [[Single-Stanza Song]]: The song "26 Second Song". |
* [[Single-Stanza Song]]: The song "26 Second Song". |
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* [[Spoonerism]]: The entire point of ''Runny Babbit'' is what would happen if onset metathesis was [[Strange Syntax Speaker|grammaticalized]]. |
* [[Spoonerism]]: The entire point of ''Runny Babbit'' is what would happen if onset metathesis was [[Strange Syntax Speaker|grammaticalized]]. |
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