• @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    “on the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.”

    It takes a bit of mental gymnastics to assert that on the second day of Christmas he did not send two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.

    If I said yesterday I gave my friend a pork pie and today I gave my friend some spaghetti and a pork pie, you would not come to the conclusion that my friend did not receive a second pork pie.

    • Flying Squid
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      14 days ago

      I’d say it depends on whether you were singing it to me or not. Songs kind of have to keep these things brief a lot of the time. Also, the lyrics of this song don’t make much sense to begin with. 🤷