did you ever have a little autograph book?

[crisgal]

I did, a small, leather bound one, with coloured pages. I was about ten, and all my old aunties and uncles spent boxing day writing things in.
My daughter brought me a little book today, and asked me to write something.
i could remember some of the little rhymes and wondered if anyone knew any more. Some samples to follow...

[hc4361]

Good, better, best
Never let it rest
Until your good is better
And your better, best

[hc4361]

YYUR
YYUB
ICUR
YY4Me

[roslyn251254]

Mine are from my mum's album from the late 1930s

[grasscarp]

Still got mine. It is very small with coloured pages. Stupid things scrawled in it and don't remember some of the names.

[TheWinner]

hc4361 re: YYUR etc,
I remember that one!

[mallyh]

yyur was my favourte hc4361

[ttfn]

One fine night, in the middle of winter
a fire engine came dashing round the corner like a funeral.

A bald-headed man tripped over his beard
and scalded himself in a bucket of cold water.

He is now laying in the Birmingham Infirmary, Liverpool
bare-footed with his father's clogs on.

It took many years for me to understand that one

[TheWinner]

I don't understand that one ttfn.

Here is another:
When you get married,
and you have twins,
don't come to me,
for safety pins.

[hc4361]

I don't know you
But you asked me to sign
I've signed your book
Now sling your hook

[crisgal]

Very clever ttfn!

I'm loving these replies x

[ttfn]

Sorry, crisgal, I messed it up. Should have been:

One fine night, in the middle of winter
A fire broke out in an empty house full of furniture.
The fire engine came dashing round the corner like a funeral.

A bald-headed man tripped over his beard
and scalded himself in a bucket of cold water.

He is now laying in the Birmingham Infirmary, Liverpool
bare-footed with his father's clogs on.

[TheWinner]

When you are old,
and cannot see,
put on your specks,
and think of me.

[TheWinner]

ttfn I still don't get it?

[hc4361]

I'm leaving school forever
I hope to see you, never

[ttfn]

The Winner, I just thought it was a load of rubbish, but as a child I had not heard of oxymorons ;)

[ELVIS68]

I remember the YYUR one too

I suppose the equivalent nowadays is a comment on a Facebook page!

[crisgal]

CCan i just say : i haven't chosen a best answer! Must have pressed it accidentally. Im using my stupid phone.

[hc4361]

God is always watching you
Whatever you might do
So always smile politely
When you have a poo

[crisgal]

TThewinner- say what you see!
Two letter "y"s?
Not "y y"

[ttfn]

The kiss of the sun for pardon
The song of the birds for mirth
One is nearer God's heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth