Comments on: Bread and Buttah http://www.thelaundry.biz/blog/2008/02/bread-and-buttah Missives from the Wallington Tower Fantasy Collective Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Lucas http://www.thelaundry.biz/blog/2008/02/bread-and-buttah#comment-33950 Lucas Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:12:08 +0000 http://www.thelaundry.biz/blog/2008/02/bread-and-buttah#comment-33950 Betty Blossom bought some butter, but the butter was so bitter so she bought some better butter to mix the bitter butter with the better butter to make the better bitter butter. :o) Betty Blossom bought some butter, but the butter was so bitter so she bought some better butter to mix the bitter butter with the better butter to make the better bitter butter. :o)

]]> By: Kat http://www.thelaundry.biz/blog/2008/02/bread-and-buttah#comment-33715 Kat Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:10:54 +0000 http://www.thelaundry.biz/blog/2008/02/bread-and-buttah#comment-33715 Ooo, I never knew there was another version of 'Betty'! My mother taught me what now seems to be a greatly abridged version: Betty bought a bit of butter But the bit of butter Betty bought was bitter So Betty bought another bit of butter To make the bitter butter better Ooo, I never knew there was another version of ‘Betty’!

My mother taught me what now seems to be a greatly abridged version:

Betty bought a bit of butter
But the bit of butter Betty bought was bitter
So Betty bought another bit of butter
To make the bitter butter better

]]> By: Harriet http://www.thelaundry.biz/blog/2008/02/bread-and-buttah#comment-33713 Harriet Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:25:04 +0000 http://www.thelaundry.biz/blog/2008/02/bread-and-buttah#comment-33713 ah ha ha ha! That's twisted my tounge good and propper! ah ha ha ha! That’s twisted my tounge good and propper!

]]> By: Helen http://www.thelaundry.biz/blog/2008/02/bread-and-buttah#comment-33712 Helen Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:08:59 +0000 http://www.thelaundry.biz/blog/2008/02/bread-and-buttah#comment-33712 It's not quite about bread and butter, more batter and butter but this was my favourite poem as a kid and I used to make my dad tell it to me all the time! Betty Botter (anon) Betty Botter bought some butter. "But," she said, "the butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter-- that would make my batter better." So she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter. And she put it in her batter, and the batter was not bitter. So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter! It’s not quite about bread and butter, more batter and butter but this was my favourite poem as a kid and I used to make my dad tell it to me all the time!

Betty Botter (anon)

Betty Botter
bought some butter.
“But,” she said,
“the butter’s bitter.
If I put it
in my batter,
it will make
my batter bitter.
But a bit
of better butter–
that would make
my batter better.”

So she bought
a bit of butter,
better than
her bitter butter.
And she put it
in her batter,
and the batter
was not bitter.
So ’twas better
Betty Botter
bought a bit
of better butter!

]]> By: Rachel http://www.thelaundry.biz/blog/2008/02/bread-and-buttah#comment-33685 Rachel Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:25:33 +0000 http://www.thelaundry.biz/blog/2008/02/bread-and-buttah#comment-33685 A poem by Ivor Cutler Bread is a word Butter is a word You cannot place them together It is bread and butter Or butter on bread Yet, if you search between the bread and the butter You will find neither and nor on Just bread, just butter A poem by Ivor Cutler
Bread is a word
Butter is a word
You cannot place them together
It is bread and butter
Or butter on bread
Yet, if you search between the bread and the butter
You will find neither and nor on
Just bread, just butter

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