Making Up Lines

[deird1]

Had rehearsals last night.

The scene I'm in is one long party sequence. And yes, I have many lines, but I have even more time standing around in the background murmuring to people in vague having-a-conversation tones.

After a while, you run out of stuff to say to each other. Some people have been just saying what they're saying ("Pretty dress,

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[beer_good_foamy]

Just out of curiosity - is "incy-wincy spider" an Aussie version? I've always been told it's "itsy bitsy spider" in English, and it always seemed wrong to me given the version I learned as a kid... I definitely like yours better.

Which is an odd remark. I've had schnapps beer.

ETA: the whole party scene thing sounds like lots of fun though. On a scale from 1 to 10, what's the temptation to say something really inappropriate in a perfectly normal tone of voice and see how the others react?

[lavastar]

Just out of curiosity - is "incy-wincy spider" an Aussie version? I've always been told it's "itsy bitsy spider" in English, and it always seemed wrong to me given the version I learned as a kid

Seconded.

the whole party scene thing sounds like lots of fun though. On a scale from 1 to 10, what's the temptation to say something really inappropriate in a perfectly normal tone of voice and see how the others react?

Oh, majorly seconded! I'm getting some crazy ideas right now.

[deird1]

Wait - seconded as in you know it as "itsy bitsy spider"? Really?

[lavastar]

Ummmmm duh? That's the way it goes.

[lavastar]

Haha, I just realized that on the Internet instead of IRL that possibly makes me sound like an arrogant biatch. I meant that in a FUNNY way, not a dumb American way.

[deird1]

:) I gathered.

But it's SO "incy wincy". No question.

[lavastar]

WRONNGGGGGG.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU ARE WRONG. THAT SOUNDS SO WRONG. WRONG.

Yeah. Itsy bitsy all the way, bitches.

[deird1]

You'd have to ask non-Aussies about that - I've never heard it called anything but "incy wincy spider".

(Brits and Yanks on my flist? What do you guys call it?)

On a scale from 1 to 10, what's the temptation to say something really inappropriate in a perfectly normal tone of voice and see how the others react?

Well, it was at about 1 until you said that... *facepalm*

[mabus101]

I'm pretty sure I've always heard it as "itsy-bitsy", but "eency-weency" (probably sounds like what you said) is a possible variation.

[stormwreath]

Definitely incy-wincy spider.

Incy-wincy spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.

Said while making your hand finger-crawl up the other person's arm, leg, chest, etc, of course. :-)

[angearia]

Which is an odd remark. I've had schnapps beer.

Are you saying you're not always drunk as your icon would suggest...? This is blowing my mind.