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two potato
three potato
four

five potato
six potato
seven potatos
more

I heard that in a Victoria Williams song.

now that is strange

I don't remember it from schooldays, mine or Wynne's. Mind you, I think
I
read that counting games are girl things.

Maybe it's an American thing.

yeah
probably related to hopscotch or something

I liked hopscotch. You could play it on a level bit of road; just scratch
the grid, find a stone and you're away. I wonder how much it's played in
these days of ten children's TV channels. I also wonder why there isn't a
loonies' channel; there's an awful lot of us.