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Gurgen Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Three Blind Mice

we picked up some chatter off of one of our wires
that puts the Three Blind Mice in a fleabag motel
in Queens.

what is Three Blind Mice?
thanks...
  

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We need more context. It's a reference to a children's poem (nursery rhyme).

  • We need more context.
  • It's a reference to a children's poem (nursery rhyme).
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We need more context.

It's a reference to a children's poem (nursery rhyme).
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there are some terorists.
police looking after them.
But nobody knows where are they
and who are they.
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Three blind mice,
Three blind mice,
See how they run,
See how they run.
They all ran after the farmer's wife.
She cut off their tails with a carving knife.
Did you ever see such a sight in your life as
Three blind mice.

It's very old. Nobody knows what it means. It has a tune.

The people looking for the terrorists have jokingly dubbed them the Three Bl
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Most old English nursery rhymes originate in political satire and criticism.
If you mocked the King, Queen or nobility at the time, you would likely be put in the tower for treason.
So the allusions to real people were highly veiled.

http://www.rhymes.org.uk/three_blind_mice.htm

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