Microblog Memes @lemmy.world MacN'Cheezus @lemmy.today 11mo ago

Was there something wrong with them?

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I didn’t realize that this was like a Fibonacci-esque situation. That’s a lot of birds.
- I only learned this recently because my wife and I watched a Christmas movie where this fact was a major plot point haha.
  
  I also watched that movie yesterday. It was bad.
  
  Well, I guess I gotta know what movie this is now
She's probably upset about the 140 human slaves she was gifted
- None of my cook books even have a recipe for pipers, what am I to do with them?
  
  Put them in a pie.
  
  That's what makes them Pied Pipers
- 78 birds in total. They're all birds. No humans or gold.
  
  First day of Christmas: 1 partridge in a pear tree
  
  Second day of Christmas: 2 turtledoves
  
  Third day of Christmas: 3 French hens
  
  Fourth day of Christmas: 4 calling birds (blackbirds)
  
  Fifth day of Christmas: 5 golden rings (pheasants)
  
  Sixth day of Christmas: 6 geese a-laying
  
  Seventh day of Christmas: 7 swans a-swimming
  
  Eighth day of Christmas: 8 maids a-milking (magpies or cattle egret)
  
  Ninth day of Christmas: 9 ladies dancing (lapwings)
  
  Tenth day of Christmas: 10 lords a-leaping (cuckoos)
  
  Eleventh day of Christmas: 11 pipers piping (sandpipers)
  
  Twelfth day of Christmas: 12 drummers drumming (ruffled grouse)
  
  This is an impressive post. You have:
  
  Misunderstood the plain language of the song, in which each thing is given on every successive day following its first appearance (not simply one time each),
  
  Presented a niche theory about the meanings of the lyrics as if it is fact, and
  
  Missed the joke.
  
  Other lemmy users: bring your A game, the standard has been set
  
  I'm still trying to hold up that the 12 days of Christmas starts on Christmas Day, Dec 25. And finishes on the Twelfth Night (like the Shakespeare play).
Of course she's mad.

According to the first result in Google, the last line is repeated, so you missed one.

1+3+6+10+10+16+23+23+23+23+23+24=185
- That seems like a very minor nitpick to get mad about.
  
  That seems like a very minor nitpick to get mad about.
  
  Hi, first day on the internet? Let me show you around.
  
  Oh buddy he's pissed
The total number of birds is actually only 23:

7 swans 6 geese 4 calling birds 3 French hens 2 turtledoves 1 partridge
- But each day repeats the previous days birds
  
  I never thought of each day including a completely new set of all the previous ones.
  
  I always assumed it was just a recap. Why would you keep giving someone the same thing over and over?
- It's also a theory that all days are about birds https://blog.mybirdbuddy.com/post/the-twelve-days-of-christmas
  
  It's the only interpretation of the song that makes any sort of sense. Which brings the total up to 364.
- 78 birds in total. They're all birds
  
  First day of Christmas: 1 partridge in a pear tree
  
  Second day of Christmas: 2 turtledoves
  
  Third day of Christmas: 3 French hens
  
  Fourth day of Christmas: 4 calling birds (blackbirds)
  
  Fifth day of Christmas: 5 golden rings (pheasants)
  
  Sixth day of Christmas: 6 geese a-laying
  
  Seventh day of Christmas: 7 swans a-swimming
  
  Eighth day of Christmas: 8 maids a-milking (magpies or cattle egret)
  
  Ninth day of Christmas: 9 ladies dancing (lapwings)
  
  Tenth day of Christmas: 10 lords a-leaping (cuckoos)
  
  Eleventh day of Christmas: 11 pipers piping (sandpipers)
  
  Twelfth day of Christmas: 12 drummers drumming (ruffled grouse)
Looks good honestly.
- Looks like a fucking graveyard
- "Could you pass me the pigeon please?"
Image Transcription: Twitter Post

JRR Ho Ho Hokien, @joshcarlosjosh

you okay, babe? you've barely touched the 184 birds I gave you over the course of the 12 days of christmas
Given the age of the song, all those birds are in whatever pie OP is having for dinner.
Even 30 is too many https://youtu.be/jJzki0inKBk?feature=shared
I never got why people always think the singer gave all the gifts each day. I always took it as they were just listing all the stuff the singer got them over these past days.

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