Eeny, meenie, miny, mo.
When I was growing up in Virginia, the way you started tag was saying eenie, meenie, miny mo, catch a tiger by the toe." None of us stopped to wonder whether tigers had toes, nor why they would holler if we did catch one, and not just slice us to death with his free paw.
Only when I moved to Alabama did I hear a different version.
That said, there is one offensive version of the rhyme, and one not so offensive version. Why do we have to assume the offensive version was the only one that could have been intended?
What's probably more offensive is appealing to people to buy a shirt because they watch The Walking Dead. (Not my cup of tea, I'm afraid.)
When I was growing up in Virginia, the way you started tag was saying eenie, meenie, miny mo, catch a tiger by the toe." None of us stopped to wonder whether tigers had toes, nor why they would holler if we did catch one, and not just slice us to death with his free paw.
Only when I moved to Alabama did I hear a different version.
That said, there is one offensive version of the rhyme, and one not so offensive version. Why do we have to assume the offensive version was the only one that could have been intended?
What's probably more offensive is appealing to people to buy a shirt because they watch The Walking Dead. (Not my cup of tea, I'm afraid.)