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In the constant endeavour to learn how/why/what people connect, I wonder how and why do some stories and ideas go viral… like this old favourite?

Ok, maybe its a stretch to say it went viral but people clearly like(d) it. I’m a lover of all things ‘random’ but this certainly out of left field.

Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To fetch her poor dog a bone;
But when she came there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.

She took a clean dish
To get him some tripe;
But when she came back
He was smoking a pipe.

She went to the grocer’s
To buy him some fruit;
But when she came back
He was playing the flute.

She went to the baker’s
To buy him some bread;
But when she came back
The poor dog was dead.

She went to the undertaker’s
To buy him a coffin;
But when she came back
The poor dog was laughing.

She went to the hatter’s
To buy him a hat;
But when she came back
He was feeding the cat.

The dame made a curtsey,
The dog made a bow;
The dame said, “Your servant.”
The dog said, “Bow wow!”

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