MythTickle by Justin Thompson for April 28, 2009

Thor thinks that Georgie’s father was just being prudent (see? That virtue, prudence, is the moral of the story, not honesty!)

The prudent theory makes more sense.

He wasn’t punished because his father asked George to get him a prune.

I allways wondered why George chopped down the stupid tree. Did he not like cherrys or something?

I just googled it apparently it’s a Myth dreamt up by some cat by the name of Mason Weems who wrote a book about George Washington after he died.

Little Georgie took an axe And gave the tree forty whacks And when his father saw what he had done He spanked his little bum.

Axe me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies. No lie!

Works for me!

Johnny’s dad asked him who pushed over the outhouse. (Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.) Little Johnny said, “I cannot tell a lie… I did it.” Upon which, his dad put him over his knee and delivered ten of his best. Afterward, Johnny asked his dad why he’d spanked him when he told the truth, like George Washington did after chopping down the cherry tree, and HIS dad hadn’t punished him. Ol’ dad responded after some thought, “Well, son, George’s dad wasn’t sitting in the cherry tree when it went over!”

Well if it had been little George Bush.

“An apple hit me on the head yesterday Dad…and we have hard intelligence that it came from the cherry tree.”

Says the god with the hammer in his hand. Will he get his A?

My grand dad gave me this very ax of little George Washington’s. Of course, his pappy had the handle split when he was chopping firewood, so it had to be replaced. And his grand dad broke the head on a rock, so he had to put on a new head. But I’ve got that very ax in my garage to pass along to my son some day.

Roger, bnTotoo - that’s always a good one. first time I heard it was by Nipsey Russell on a Dean Martin Roast for George Washington.

What a perfect comic! Thanks for making my day, Justin!

Justin,

Justin, This one is a winner. Pacing, line work, color… All wonderful. And dead on. –JMc

Just because I like filks to match the original scansion:

Little Georgie took an axe And gave the poor tree forty whacks When father saw what he had done He spanked him on his little bum.

LOLOL