I said “Milk, milk, lemonade” to my teenagers, and they just stared at me… blankly. Have I failed them, or has society failed our children as a whole? Discuss.
Posted by leftoverrights@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1830 comments
I mean, if they can’t complete basic knowledge, then what are we doing here?
Wrong_Pen6179@reddit
Long Island, NY couldn’t escape the playground in grammar school without hearing it!
yesfan_gin@reddit
LI, NY graduated in 86, seems vaguely familiar but I got nothing lol
Wrong_Pen6179@reddit
High school or grammar school?
yesfan_gin@reddit
Graduated high school in 86.
Wrong_Pen6179@reddit
Same!
DreadGrrl@reddit
I don’t know what you’re referencing.
‘73. Western Canada.
Ice_crusher_bucket@reddit
Milk milk lemonade, around the corner, fudge is made
MrsPaulRubens@reddit
Okay but what is the milk and lemonade referencing?? I am totally lost as I've never heard this lol
Ice_crusher_bucket@reddit
The boys would point at the girl's chest , Milk, Milk, then crotch Lemonade, then ass Chocolate
Or the girls would do it.
MrsPaulRubens@reddit
Aha! Thank you lol
DreadGrrl@reddit
Ah! Thank you.
Bitmush-@reddit
Ooh, ah, I lost my bra. I left my knickers In my boyfriend’s car.
mary808@reddit
Oh damn you just brought back sing-songy memories I hadn’t thought of in 30 years hahahaha!
Bitmush-@reddit
I sing it as I do housework, cooking etc when my kids are playing their ipads etc. Just often enough for it to seep in there and be carried on down the generations.
I'm doing my bit.
And I've never had a bra OR a boyfriend.
mary808@reddit
That’s hilarious omg! No one I’ve asked here in Texas knows this one. And then of course they ask what knickers are so… is it British? I went to primary and middle school in Suffolk.
Bitmush-@reddit
Iz id Briddish ?
Oh yeh sure, uh-huh !
skeezycheezes@reddit
I said "Sit, Ubu sit" to my wife (born 1982) and she just looked blankly at me
EVILtheCATT@reddit
One of my favorites:)
otbnmalta@reddit
I say that all the time
MasterPhilip@reddit
I sometimes say: Go get it, Lycos!
FrozeItOff@reddit
Awesome. Most people are like, "wtf?" when I use that. Did none of these people ever see Doogie Howser?
41RemingtonMag@reddit
That's just your wife and an n of 1. I'm an Xennial same age as your wife and I know that one well.
Milk milk lemonade however... Nope never heard it.
JonnyredsFalcons@reddit
Always thought it was BooBoo, I guess knowing IS half the battle
eyesRus@reddit
The word UBU was on the screen while they said it!
Comfortable_Pair_406@reddit
Good dog. Woof.
latx5@reddit
I still say this too.
bruce-neon@reddit
I said the same thing panting pool the other day, blank stares.
Good_Grief_CB@reddit
Good dog.
ReticentBee806@reddit
Woof!
SpencerVerde@reddit
Huh? What’s the rest of this obscure line?
Kindly-Might-1879@reddit
Milk, milk, lemonade ‘Round the corner chocolate’s made.
(Now say it while pointing to eat body part that emits the above)
SpencerVerde@reddit
Ok, I never would have gotten that, including the addition of the pointing, lol. 🤭
Kindly-Might-1879@reddit
Even better when someone did a slow shimmy, hump, and turnaround to moon lol
21stNow@reddit
I've never been so proud that I had a boring childhood.
Drnedsnickers2@reddit
Never heard it but at least you explained it.
lippoli@reddit
This is where the fudge is made
Ignominious333@reddit
Gen x. Wth are you talking about?
Roofofcar@reddit
Milk milk (boobs) lemonade (wee), around the corner (butt) fudge is made.
Childhood poetry.
Ardvarkthoughts@reddit
How strange.. What context does it get used?
Roofofcar@reddit
Just a funny thing to say while you grab your own chest, crotch and butt to gross other kids out.
In the mid 70s it was everywhere on our school playgrounds.
Ardvarkthoughts@reddit
Thanks appreciate this, I couldn’t understand how it would be dropped into conversation!
floofienewfie@reddit
Never heard this before.
Effective-Manager-29@reddit
Omg I was just thinking about this a couple of days ago! My husband grew up on the other side of town he never heard it. learned it in someone’s tent in their backyard. couple of days ago! We were young though, 9-10? This was late 60’s middle 70s. My kids don’t know that one, but they knew red rover. Late 80s to middle 90s for my kids. This is the first time I have ever commented. Thank you for this one.
froction@reddit
Kids are still allowed to play Red Rover somewhere?
Effective-Manager-29@reddit
Are you kidding? Early to mid 90s. They are 34 and 37 now. Kids then were still allowed to play games were allowed to beat the shit out of each other in a wholesome way.
vitriolic1@reddit
My husband (slightly older than gen x) thinks I had a very weird childhood when I ask if he (insert various jump rope chant or song haha) Just last week I started singing, have you ever thought when a hearse goes by... (aka the worms crawl in) and he was like who raised you -- the addams family? that reminded me of great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher meat ... He had not heard of any of these.
lokis_construction@reddit
greasy grimy gopher guts was the way I knew it.
froction@reddit
Correct, the great gobs of greasy gopher guts are, indeed, grimy as well as being accompanied by mutilated monkey meat.
...lying out there in the street.
And I forgot my spoon!
lokis_construction@reddit
Need the spoon!!!
SunandRainbows@reddit
This is correct.
"Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts, mutilated monkey meat, little turdy birdy feet! French fried eyeballs, swimming in a pool of blood and I forgot my spoon, but I've got my straw! Slurp!"
jakohmsford@reddit
I learned it as:
Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts , mutilated monkey meat, petrified porpoise pus. Ponderous puddles of polluticated pelican puke, and I forgot my spoon!
otbnmalta@reddit
Never heard that one either
corporate_treadmill@reddit
Never heard the hearse one. Had heard the gopher guts. And stewball was a racehorse.
NoGoats_NoGlory@reddit
"Stewball" was an actual song by Peter Paul and Mary. "His bridle was silver, his mane it was gold, and the worth of his saddle, has never been told."
painterlyjeans@reddit
The worms crawl in the worms crawl out the worms play pinochle on your snout
Humulophile@reddit
The worms crawl in.
The worms crawl out.
They crawl into your stomach and out of your mouth.
DenverBill@reddit
I remember the last line as “The worms play pinochle on your snout”
And speaking of worms: “Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I think I’ll go eat some worms.” There’s more to that one I don’t remember.
mokey2239@reddit
Oh man, forgot all about those.
Jonnyflash80@reddit
I see comments from a lot of older GenXers here that don't recognize it.
I was born in 1980, and distinctly remember this rhyme going around the school playground.
Yet, another reason I don't seem to have much in common with other GenXer's. Being born at the tail end of GenX, sometimes I feel I relate better with Millennials than GenX. Does anyone else born in 1980 know what I'm talking about?
Netflixandmeal@reddit
R/xennials
Elfnotdawg@reddit
... Are not a fucking thing
Netflixandmeal@reddit
Of course it is, in the sense that any generational label is a thing..
Young gen x are often much different than older gen x, tech and older millennial are much different than younger millennials due to being on the cusp of so much technological and societal changes happening during that time period.
Elfnotdawg@reddit
No, they aren't. Xennial is a term made up by a small group of people who so desperately wanted to fit in that they've tried to be hangers-on when an earlier generation in a vain attempt to not be called millennials. Quite frankly, I couldn't think of a more millennial thing to do than that, and I've never met anyone that's actually Gen X claim that Xennial dumb shit. As the youngest of Gen X, myself and the people i grew up with have way more in common with our Boomer parents than any age millennial.
Netflixandmeal@reddit
I get your take but is disagree. Millennials and boomers are very similar often times though.
Jonnyflash80@reddit
Speak for yourself. I was born in 1980 and have zero in common with older GenXers.
Last_Spare@reddit
Xennials clocking in , grew up in NW FL and definitely heard this.
makeup1508@reddit
I'm an older GenX and I knew it.
bamagurl06@reddit
Yea I’m older Gen X and I knew it. We played all these games I’ve been reading about. When you played outside all day , you had to do something to pass the time lol
peachesandsir@reddit
I was born in ‘68 and have never heard this. Ever.
Foxingmatch@reddit
I think it's more regional and less age-related. I'm early 70s Gen X and only knew the song because Amy Schumer had a bit about it.
Low_Fly117@reddit
Born in early 70s. I heard this rhyme all the time.
Oatmeal_Savage19@reddit
'74 here - I knew this before kindergarten in Canada
StinkieBritches@reddit
I was born in 1969 and always knew the rhyme.
PubKirbo@reddit
57 grew up in the Bay Area and definitely know it.
Sufficient_Alps8989@reddit
Bay Area of where, the world is a big place?
PubKirbo@reddit
You are totally right. Apologies for that. SF Bay Area in California in the US.
Sufficient_Alps8989@reddit
Guessing that is San Francisco. I’m in England 🏴 🇬🇧but I have been there. Went to Fisherman’s Wharf and Museum to see the Tutankhamen exhibition with my aunt, she lived in Sacramento.
PubKirbo@reddit
I saw the Tut exhibit as well! I think I was 11. Perhaps it was the same day 🥰
klutzosaurus-sex@reddit
My mamma worked at the Tut exhibit! I can’t really remember why, she never worked at the museum before or after that
PubKirbo@reddit
That’s pretty cool. I bet it was a memorable experience.
Sufficient_Alps8989@reddit
It would be really funny if it was the same day, I was 13 and it was summer 1979
PubKirbo@reddit
Yep. Sometime in 1979. It’ll just be my head cannon now that we ran into each other all those years ago. Nice seeing you again.
klutzosaurus-sex@reddit
I did too and never heard it - is it something mom’s say? My mom was an immigrant and wouldn’t have know she had to pass that saying down.
PubKirbo@reddit
It was kids saying it.
Boudicia_Dark@reddit
What? "Milk, milk, lemonade"? WTF is that? Im 60 years old, Ive never heard that in my life.
Elfnotdawg@reddit
Boob, boob, pisser......
Specialist_Stop8572@reddit
Milk milk lemonade Round the corner, fudge is made
Titty, titty Pee place Butthole
Phobos1982@reddit
What?
grannygogo@reddit
Pointed to your boobs, crotch and ass. milk, milk lemonade. Around the corner fudge is made. Stupid, but was just on the cusp of raunchy when we were little kids. We were so innocent back then
2ride4ever@reddit
Silly childhood "naughty" rhyme. Only said when no adults were in earshot. Equivalent of cussing for us:
Milk, Milk, Lemonade 'Round the corner, fudge is made.
Of course we girls would roll our eyes and the boys would laugh.
alvehyanna@reddit
50 here, no clue either
reddaddiction@reddit
Firmly GenX... Never ever heard this thing.
BoltActionRifleman@reddit
GenX as well and never heard this before.
Legovida8@reddit
51 here, no clue what this means
7toedcat@reddit
California 1969 baby. Definitely heard and said it countless times.
And what about "Great green globs..."?
Aernak@reddit
Of greasy grimy gopher guts
EmilySpin@reddit
Mutilated monkey feet, rolling down the dirty street
Aernak@reddit
We always said mutilated monkey meat, little birdy’s stinky feet
lol
JosephMMadre@reddit
Mutilated monkey meat
FairBaker315@reddit
Little birdies dirty feet
Gweveraugh@reddit
Mutilated monkeys feet
OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit
Around the corner:
vulgrin@reddit
Hello Hoosier
OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit
Actually, this sign is for the one in Missouri off I-44.
vulgrin@reddit
Aw man. Even Hoosier Uranus isn’t unique I guess.
Giselle_31@reddit
Similar to the MISS SUSIE chants as well - miss susie had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell…
I remember Milk, milk lemonade and thought it was was even funnier when I said it in Spanish to my Latin partner
vanderide@reddit
Leche leche limonata. Tambian aqui chocolate?
Giselle_31@reddit
Tambian chocolate 😂 😂
BrotherQuartus@reddit
I remember Miss Suzie and a different rhyme with the same rhythm called Miss Lucy.
Miss Lucy had a baby, she named him Tiny Tim
She put him in the bathtub, to see if he could swim.
CrazyMinute69@reddit
Ms. Suzi went to haven the steamboat went to, Hell-o operator give me number nine, and if you disconnect me. I'll kick you from behind the refrigerator there lay a piece of glass. Ms. Suzi sat upon it and broker her little - ask me no more questions. Tell me no more lies.
I know there's more to it, but I can't remember. And I do remember milk milk lemonade.
PrehistoricPancakes@reddit
"the boys are in the bathroom zipping up their-flies are in the meadow the bees are in the park, Miss Suzi and her boyfriend are kissing in the d a r k dark! That's how I remember it
Silver_Breakfast7096@reddit
Jaybee021967@reddit
Miss Susie was a teenager and said ooh aah I lost my bra, I left my knickers in my boyfriend’s car we used to sing on one verse! Looking back that’s awful!!
Fotomonkey13@reddit
Around the corner fudge is made
heretik77@reddit
Ahhhh. I recognize this one. In my day(in SoCal) we finished “milk, milk, lemonade. Round the corner fudge is made”. Topped it off with “stick your finger up your hole, now you’ve got a Tootsie Roll”
GingerA0712@reddit
This is hilarious. Can’t wait to share this w my husband!!
MandyLee77@reddit
I always said the same except i say " Out pops the Tootsie Roll"
Darkhorse_76@reddit
I have heard this too but only as an adult
Fotomonkey13@reddit
I forgot about that part 🤣🤣🤣
LaLaLaDooo@reddit
Thank you! I heard this so many times yet couldn't finish it.
Suspicious_Reality98@reddit
Never heard this in all my 65+ years.
Johnny_Radar@reddit
Same here
acoffeefiend@reddit
Taught my son "Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg. The batmobile lost a wheel and the joker got away."
It's his favorite Christmas song. He's 7.
Bitmush-@reddit
It sounds like he could be 57. Well done, everybody. A solid child-raising so far !
Striking_Elk_6136@reddit
Save version, but finished with “oh yeaaaah!”
Effective-Manager-29@reddit
This one!
CB_Chuckles@reddit
I always knew the song as “Joker saved the day.” This had been a recent topic of discussion with my wife, who knows the song as you quoted it.
FrozeItOff@reddit
Where was this used? Because I never heard this once in the upper Midwest. Duck, duck, grey duck, on the other hand, we heard all the time.
CountVacuslab@reddit
So you mean Minnesota, not your Midwest, right?
feelingmyage@reddit
Yes!! I’m from Illinois, and moved to Minnesota. Duck, Duck, GOOSE is the correct name. I cringe up here when I hear Duck, Duck, Grey Duck!! 😂
eroi49@reddit
Incorrect. It came from Sweden: Scandinavian Influence: The game is believed to have originated from Swedish immigrants who settled in Minnesota. "Anka, Anka, Grå Anka": In Swedish, the game is known as Anka, Anka, Grå Anka, which translates literally to "Duck, Duck, Gray Duck".
feelingmyage@reddit
I believe you, I’m just joking that the one I grew up with is correct because most people say duck, duck, goose, and I’d never heard duck, duck, gray duck before we moved up here. Just like most people call them casseroles, but Minnesota is known for calling them hot dish. I never actually studied the origins.
FrozeItOff@reddit
You hear it in Wisconsin some too, I'm told.
jlacan45@reddit
In the South, ours was a variation. It was “push the button, fudge is made.” And you were supposed to press your belly button.
Also, the kids nowadays don’t know the diarrhea songs which is also a travesty. “When you’re walkin’ down the hall and you feel somethin’ fall…”
216life@reddit
When you're going down a slide and you REALLY start to glide
When you're sitting in a boat and your feet start to float.
Ok_Still_3571@reddit
(In a New England accent)
Momma de-yah (dear)
Pop come he-yah (here)
My brother’s got diarrhea
Call the doctor, call the nurse,
Oh my god, it’s gettin’ worse!
MiaZeta@reddit
No pain, no strain… just flush it down the drain
eat_a_burrito@reddit
Sitting in bed and feel something spread…
eat_a_burrito@reddit
When your climbing up a ladder and feel something splatter…
Onyx_Lat@reddit
When you're sliding in to first and you feel a big burst...
Just2Breathe@reddit
I only know that from the movie Parenthood (1989).
KPinCVG@reddit
At summer camp we used to sing many songs. Probably the corniest was Sam Sam The lavatory man
Legal-Afternoon8087@reddit
Cha cha cha!
SLevine262@reddit
Oh god, I’d forgotten that one until I saw “cha cha cha” and I suddenly heard a playground full of Catholic school kids chanting together.
VoodooSweet@reddit
I’m a late Gen X’er(born in 76) and lived in Michigan my entire life. I have zero knowledge of this phrase.
IamGypsyStarr@reddit
‘72 here and it took me a minute to recall I have heard other uncouth kids say this stuff. Lol I was not one of them, but honestly I think it was some younger lil snot nosed brats. Or maybe my cousins. 😆 (I’ll preemptively add that I was not a goody two shoe or stuck up, just more mature than I should have been lol.)
Fair_Abalone3669@reddit
Northern California 1969 never heard it
miseeker@reddit
My wife was Central Valley in the 60s, she never heard it either.
AZBeerhound@reddit
Gen X, rural Southwest... We had "Push the button, pull the chain, out comes chocolate choo choo train!"
ToughNarwhal7@reddit
Whaaaaaat?!! Crazy! 😂
AZBeerhound@reddit
In 2nd Grade, even... LOL
up_in_the_what_now@reddit
Born in 77 in PDX ‘round the corner fudge is made,
miseeker@reddit
Thanks..I couldn’t remember the finish, Michigan, early 60s.
OgrePrincess@reddit
I made it through childhood blissfully unaware until Karen and Jack said it on Will & Grace.
ghostedygrouch@reddit
Flat-Exchange-3688@reddit
Round the back, chocolate is made?
Scootchula@reddit
Turn the corner, fudge is made.
CommissionFeisty9843@reddit
Too many syllables
East_Vivian@reddit
52, Bay Area California and we said this all the time as kids! My husband (from Pennsylvania) never heard it until someone said it on Most Extreme Elimination Challenge like 20 years ago.
East_Vivian@reddit
It’s fascinating to see how many people have never heard this and how it’s not regional in any way.
Also why was the post removed? It feels very Gen X related to me.
TwistyFidget@reddit
In early 50s, Philadelphia, and know exactly where fudge is made.
How did things like this travel, pre internet?
modest_irish_goddess@reddit
I'm 55 from Philly. I know it, and some dirty little poems, too. 🥛🥛🍋🍫
imtoowhiteandnerdy@reddit
58, I live in Pleasanton in the SF bay area, and I never heard this in my dang life.
TheWuziMu1@reddit
I'm a bit older, but I was born and raised on the peninsula and know it as well.
mandy2589@reddit
I finished the line and then went right to Cinderella, dressed in yellow, went upstairs to kiss a fellow. By mistake she kissed a snake.
bamagurl06@reddit
How many doctors did it take ?
mandy2589@reddit
My partner is horrified at the rhyme and hand motions.
hdkaren@reddit
Uh, born in ‘68 grew up in NYC area, never heard that phrase.😳. Now, I do however know how to cures in several languages 😂😂😂😂
hdkaren@reddit
Curse
Tonto_HdG@reddit
mama bicho
Buckscience@reddit
I’ve had similar thoughts about “Miss Lucy Had A Steamboat”, and a ton of other jumproping chants.
username59046@reddit
My 11 yr old granddaughters group definitely know that and Mary Mack amongst others.
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Tonto_HdG@reddit
Brooklyn NY, 1968... Huh?
Fit_Pickle5343@reddit
Born in 1965 in NY. Never heard this one.
Hoobencan1984@reddit
I was born in 66 and never heard that. Let me google it.Milk, milk, lemonade, around the corner fudge is made" is a playground nursery rhyme and children's jump-rope chant that serves as a crude joke referencing bodily fluids and excrement. It uses the rhyme to euphemistically describe breast milk, urine, and excrement produced from the body. Truly, this is sick. Thanks for disgusting me bro.
NINgirl1@reddit
Go around the corner and the fudge is made.
That's the ending I learned as a kid.
PotentialOneLZY5@reddit
Vintage 1971, never once heard that.
MysteriousCodo@reddit
Vintage 1972, how have you never heard of this????
DogLady1722@reddit
Vintage 1970, obviously it skipped a year!!
MysteriousCodo@reddit
My wife is vintage 1970 and agrees with you.
DogLady1722@reddit
🤣❤️
TinyCommittee3783@reddit
Vintage 1965. Never heard it.
MysteriousCodo@reddit
So, the odd GenX years haven’t heard of it? LOL
216life@reddit
'65 here... know it well
dysteach-MT@reddit
I’m ‘73 and I knew it! I did hang with a lot of early Gen Xers in my childhood, though.
Curious_Catlady1@reddit
‘73 here. Nope. 😂
PerceptionSimilar213@reddit
I’m with your kids, what kind of gibberish are you spouting?
TopophiliaPetrichor@reddit
Took me a minute, but then I remembered. Snort.
ElJefe0218@reddit
Lemonaaaaade, that cool refreshing drink!
Togiak@reddit
we gotta win this race
ElJefe0218@reddit
Way to go there Ralphie boy!
mwrenn13@reddit
You're lucky they didn't call HR.
SuitIllustrious7324@reddit
For real! 🤣
SuitIllustrious7324@reddit
sixtyfoursqrs@reddit
61, Deep South, that’s new to me
Lowmain_nvrbasicXer@reddit
Same. Must’ve skipped the South?
bamagurl06@reddit
67 alabama. I knew this.
stonymessenger@reddit
Philadephia, PA US 1965 - I have no idea what you are talking about.
AbjectWillingness730@reddit
Pittsburgh Pa 1965 Round the corner fudge is made. ✌️
stonymessenger@reddit
Ohhhh, it's a dirty rhyme, thanks!
Dry_Transition4134@reddit
Around the corner fudge is made. Stick your finger in the hole Out comes a chocolate Tootsie roll
chaoticnormal@reddit
Let's also not forget Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack, All dressed in black black black, with silver buttons buttons buttons, all down her back back back.
eat_a_burrito@reddit
I know this one! NY as well.
WAGatorGunner@reddit
I think I finally remember it now. Also, there’s a place in France where the naked ladies dance. There’s a hike in the wall where you can see it all.
lumberjackname@reddit
And the men don’t care cause they eat their underwear
Dry_Transition4134@reddit
Holy shit
Dry_Transition4134@reddit
Yes! OMG
cream-of-cow@reddit
Oh yeah, now it rings bell!
idontknowmtname@reddit
I have never heard this, maybe your kids were staring at you blankly because they got the idea and they didnt think it was funny the mom is making a gross joke?
And come one milk, milk, lemonade around the corner fudge is made.. are you a 10 year old boy.
hdkaren@reddit
💯😂😂😂
dwreckhatesyou@reddit
Uh… where exactly were you going with that?
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Ha - I should clarify - I was going through the fridge getting a shopping list together
Low_Fly117@reddit
Kind of glad no one remembers that rhyme anymore. It was so dumb.
bamagurl06@reddit
Honestly they are all “dumb” as an adult. It’s kid humor
Best_Comfortable5221@reddit
Wow. Memory unlocked..... How old are you????
BraveRefrigerator552@reddit
Palo Alto, CA born 72- 100% know it
Devildog_627@reddit
‘75 here, west coast of FL south of Tampa. Never heard this phrase until now.
pandagirl47@reddit
South Florida and immediately remembered this and also finished the phrase.
Short_Advance_7843@reddit
The schools are failing our children!
eroi49@reddit
Yes they are! But not for silly things like this
Angelawina@reddit
Round the corner's where chocolates made. 1980s/90s in Nebraska
AffectionateWheel386@reddit
We all knew that. I think in the day it would’ve been common knowledge, but I guess I’m wrong too.
EndlessSummer59@reddit
And fudge around the corner.... Lmao
Teri-k@reddit
We didn't say that one in Colorado. I had to look it up.
ElCaminoLady@reddit
Played mad libs with my nieces and nephews this past Christmas, toilet humor with the youngins is alive and well.. just not that diddy..
HighOnGoofballs@reddit
Ditty
ElCaminoLady@reddit
Thanks, the coffee hasn’t kicked in yet..
ImNotWithTheCIA@reddit
🎶dum ditty do🎶
yodellingllama_@reddit
Well, after the Sean Combs trial, perhaps the original commenter was on to something.
big65@reddit
That school yard joke pretty much died with our generation, the last time I heard it was on family guy 20 years ago otherwise it's existence is kept alive in the juvenile memories of the disaffected and angry minds of our generation and will live on in the dark corners of internet archives and gen x cultists decades from now.
Apprehensive-Bag-900@reddit
Steven Colbert did a hilarious interview with Rep Fudge in his better know your district series on the Colbert report. That's the last time I heard that joke outside my brain
Shoddy_Lab_6795@reddit
Chicago and Malibu, we all knew that saying in the 90’s
Sneezy_weezel@reddit
I have never heard this in my life…
Maleficent-Pen-8059@reddit
Do you not know where the fudge is made?
Sure-Arrival-4207@reddit
If you have a pencil, we can draw them a map.
Needmoreinfo100@reddit
Early 1960's I was introduced to this little saying and at the age of 8 I was truly shocked by the crudeness.
Sure-Arrival-4207@reddit
1970s, Oregon—definitely knew it. My friend in Seattle knew it too.
Dry_Volume7772@reddit
iowa in the 80s knew this
gen_what_x_ever@reddit
😂😂😂 'round the corner fudge is made!
Every. Single. Time I say "corner", my husband just replies with, "fudge is made" .
rlr0718@reddit
That’s great!! 😆 We are all such a mature generation. I’m still like 9 years old in my head and it’s 1983. Lol
gen_what_x_ever@reddit
Yes! It's a great coping mechanism some days though. Lol!
rlr0718@reddit
Truth!
CBus660R@reddit
Ahh, I grew up with "turn the corner, chocolates made" (Cleveland, OH area)
gen_what_x_ever@reddit
Hahaha, wow, I'm from that area too. Maybe it is a regional thing because you definitely know the gist of it.
Tinytiger1973@reddit
Regional sayings are such a trip. Another example - I'm from SoCal and we always said "flip a bitch" instead of make a U-turn. My friend from Central California said "flip a dick". 🤷♀️😁
Alternative_Sort_404@reddit
Might be a car-guy thing - grew up in the Boston area and we said that in high school too. Interesting that it was pre-internet and it spanned the coasts…
blue-collar-nobody@reddit
100% who drinks "fudge" milk ✌️🤣
Aventinium@reddit
Ok..:completing the phrase I’ve heard it before.
But without this last bit, yeah it just seemed weird….
hypopig242@reddit
Ours was " 'round the back, fudge is made". I prefer that version as a person has a back, but not a corner. 😄
Tinytiger1973@reddit
Good point!
Manalagi001@reddit
I was drawing a blank here until I remembered someone “performed” this bit for me and I just blinked and said “that is the stupidest thing” and it died right there. 1978, maybe.
Funkdaawg_b@reddit
Around the corner, fudge is made. Get with it, people!!
Fancy-Appointment755@reddit
chompy187@reddit
Are you from Canada or something?
P440CPJ@reddit
Fudge.
dragonbits@reddit
Had to google that, my problem is I went to engineering school.
Mike_Honcho_Summer@reddit
Is that code for something?
froction@reddit
There are engineering kindergartens?
Or are you saying engineering school somehow erased all memories before it?
quietlikesnow@reddit
I learned this on the playground in elementary school
blueboatmich66@reddit
59 from Michigan here. What is this phrase about?
Do_it_My_Way-79@reddit
Gross bodily functions
338wildcat@reddit
Breastfeeding is gross?
Actually all three are normal bodily functions.
froction@reddit
Normal and gross are not mutually exclusive.
And yes, when you're in elementary school breastfeeding is gross.
Illustrious-Egg-5839@reddit
Haven’t heard that in decades.
GrumpyWords3444@reddit
52 Gen Xer from Illinois. I shall stare with recognition at you. LOL. Milk, milk, lemonade, around the corner fudge is made. It was just a funny/ "racy" way as a kid to talk about your body and its grody functions. Milk (boob), milk (boob), lemonade (pee/vajay), fudge (poop/butt).
Majestic_Course6822@reddit
51 Canadian from the prairie. Haven’t heard ‘grody’ in a long while. Also very familiar with this school yard rhyme.
froction@reddit
I rarely use "grody" unless it's a situation worthy of the "to the max" qualifier.
corporate_treadmill@reddit
Used it on squareword yesterday.
SubstantialAmoeba665@reddit
GenX, never heard of this! Thanks for explaining. Even when people said they knew it, it didn't make sense...
GrumpyWords3444@reddit
Happy to help fellow Xer. Pay it forward. Lol.
deer-in-the-park@reddit
Next-Ad2854@reddit
F58 from So. Cal and the phrase, milk milk lemonade is kind of vulgar because you’re touching the chest for milk, milk, and the hips and back for lemonade.
froction@reddit
If you got lemonade coming out the back you need to get to a doctor.
Objective_Joke_5023@reddit
What?
Own_Celebration5462@reddit
I had to google that. Born in 71 and I have never heard it.
Snoo-20174@reddit
Looks like 1967 is the magic year. Maybe y’all are too young.
dirtygreysocks@reddit
nihilisim_themarmots@reddit
We’re bringing it back!
CalOkie6250@reddit
‘72 here and I heard it all the time growing up
LazyBookworm@reddit
1968 and I know it
Difficult-Ad4364@reddit
‘73 and I know it lol.
Medium_Suggestion433@reddit
‘67 here! I remember! 🤦🏼♀️😂
LuckyElis13@reddit
Nerp, 67 and read it here first. Maybe regional?
ElegantGoose@reddit
'78 and I know it
Signal_Reputation640@reddit
68 here - no idea what this means.
ShellyeJo@reddit
1970 and I’ve never heard it either.
birdsinapuddle@reddit
Born in 69 and I never heard this. I wonder if this was a regional thing where OP is from?
TeaMugPatina@reddit
Maybe it is a Midwest/East Coast thing?
birdsinapuddle@reddit
I grew up in the lower Midwest (IL, MO, KS) and don’t ever recall it
corsa180@reddit
Born in ‘68, grew up in Kansas near KC, and definitely heard it as a kid.
birdsinapuddle@reddit
Interesting!
CalOkie6250@reddit
I learned it growing up in California
Chipsandadrink115@reddit
"Well, I'm from Utica and I've never heard of steamed hams".
ElegantGoose@reddit
'78 and I know it
edorhas@reddit
Must be regional. Same age as the rest of you, and I absolutely have heard it. I mean, 50 years ago, but it was apparently common enough here that I remember it and the line that follows. Weird.
WindowFruitPlate@reddit
78 and first time here
abb00769@reddit
Born in 72 here and I had no idea what it meant.
JonathanTrager@reddit
1969 and also never heard it.
Lophura@reddit
I’m lost too.
Barnaby_Q_Fisticuffs@reddit
Well, mine made it through elementary school without hearing about going to Mars to get more candy bars. Truly a scathing indictment of 21st-century playground culture, lol.
thisisntreallyme825@reddit
57 in New Jersey. I know it! Never thought to say to my kids though lol.
Ok_Action_5938@reddit
So funny. I’m 57 in NJ too. I remember it distinctly growing up in the Pasta Triangle.
UKophile@reddit
With good reason.
NojaysCita@reddit
Buffalo here. We’d point at our breasts for the ‘milk, milk,’ then to our front privates for ‘lemonade,’ spin our hand to point at our rear finish it with ‘around the corner, fudge is made.’ So ridiculously stupid, but we were kids.
Euphoric_Waffle@reddit
That’s enough internet for me today.
“Parting” gift
nihilisim_themarmots@reddit
Possibly Amy’s best work.
Euphoric_Waffle@reddit
T’aint that the truth!
216life@reddit
After fudge is made, we'd finish with "stick your finger in the hole, and out pops a tootsie roll!"
MandyLee77@reddit
Yes me too 😂 I thought i made it up cause hardly anyone else remembers. So glad you know it
NojaysCita@reddit
I missed out!
rlr0718@reddit
Yes this see my comment I posted above.
gobba-gobba-gooey@reddit
Now this is the kinda bonus content I am here for
MandyLee77@reddit
Yes Buffalo here too 🤣 I did the same!! Except the last part is after the fudge is made we would say " Stick your finger in the hole, out pops the Tootsie Roll
turnipzzzpinrut@reddit
Lol “privates” is so 80s coded!
NojaysCita@reddit
Yep! The only lesson my uber-catholic parents taught me about that area!
Ill_Ocelot7191@reddit
Southern California and I never heard it.
219_Infinity@reddit
My kids were saying it and I finished with “around the corner fudge is made” and they died laughing like they never heard such a thing. They think I am a hero now
quietlikesnow@reddit
And indeed you are.
MrRetrdO@reddit
When my nieces & nephews were lil' kids I got bitched at for teaching them these. :)
Also taught the kids how you can tell you have cancer if your hand is bigger than your face. LOL
froction@reddit
My cousin fell for "Hold your hand in front of your face and see if you can move it out of the way when I throw this ball at it."
Even worse is he fell for it TWICE.
BoredCheese@reddit
Miss Nellie had a baby She named him Tiny Tim
She put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim
He drank up all the water
He ate up all the soap
He tried to eat the bathtub
That wouldn’t fit down his throat…
efficaciousSloth@reddit
My version ends with: she took him to the doctor, and the doctor said “no hope”.
BoredCheese@reddit
Miss Nelly called the doctor
The doctor called the nurse
The nurse called the lady with the alligator purse
Penicillin, said the doctor
Penicillin, said the nurse
Penicillin, said the lady with the alligator purse
therocketn00b@reddit
Mama had a baby and the head popped off!
Elfishly@reddit
I’m pretty sure this is a Midwest thing? Chicago represent
SidewaysTugboat@reddit
We said it in Texas
QueenSqueee42@reddit
Dallas, TX knew it
bananasoupson@reddit
Grew up in Oregon…definitely know it and dang it without the hand gestures but a little butt waggle at the end
Mmm-Poptart@reddit
WI checking in affirmatively
shuzan7@reddit
Alabama girl here and it was the “dirty” playground joke in early elementary school.
corporate_treadmill@reddit
GA. Turn around and there’s a chocolate ball.
Realistic_Fact_3778@reddit
NC remembers!
Awkward-Outcome-4938@reddit
Rural Indiana remembers!
jmurphy42@reddit
Chicago suburbs here, I know nothing about this.
bluepie@reddit
We had it in Connecticut…
Effective-Manager-29@reddit
I should have put this up there but I didn’t care .Also we threw “dirt clods” another my husband never heard of. You’re closer to knowing something about our side of town and his 😂
LoserZombie@reddit
Did you wear clod hoppers?
Effective-Manager-29@reddit
We didn’t. That would have been a good one
Sea-Duty-1746@reddit
66f. Never heard this. Meaning???
Ok-Reputation-6297@reddit
Milk. Milk. Lemonade. Around the corner fudge is made. (Funny kid rhyme where kids reference boob, boob, pee, and poop. )
Effective-Manager-29@reddit
This one! I just turned 60. edited this one for entire words and idc about that eith
Channel_Huge@reddit
Never heard of this. Grew up in NY.
GoGoPokymom@reddit
I grew up in NY also (Mid Hudson Valley area) and have heard it.
Channel_Huge@reddit
Kingston here. Same area. Nice to meet ya!! 👍
GoGoPokymom@reddit
I grew up in Red Hook, but moved to Central NY (Syracuse area) at 13. Nice to meet you too! 🙂
maxvol75@reddit
genx, never heard it until today.
Shivs_baby@reddit
Same
UKophile@reddit
Let’s agree to let it become lost to cultural memory. Crude isn’t needed.
Designer_End5408@reddit
Last one to use that was Amy Schumer and she got dragged for it.
therocketn00b@reddit
There was a promo for the Pee-Wee Herman movie that came out in 2016, where he was carrying some refreshments around to offer guests, going "Milk? Milk? Lemonade?" I nearly spat out my drink.
mneptok@reddit
Early GenX ('65).
100% remember this.
PureCrookedRiverBend@reddit
I wonder if the younger generations know “bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish…”
Pattimash1@reddit
Oh, you've unlocked a memory here....
MareDesperado175@reddit
…how many pieces do you wish. Oh gawd now it’s in my head 🫠😭😆
geekychick1984@reddit
They do. My daughter said she played that in school a few years ago (she's 12 now).
Consistent-Dog8537@reddit
What's milk milk lemonade mean? Never heard of it. No idea
Maineamainea@reddit
around the corner fudge is made….tit tit vag butt, super mature I know
Prettykitty12345@reddit
Well to be physiologically correct... tit, tit, urethra, butt
Maineamainea@reddit
Actually mammary glands, mammary glands, kidney, colon
Jonnyflash80@reddit
Well, I mean it was an elementary school playground rhyme, sooo...
GSDNinjadog@reddit
Some people think it crude , but it’s really school food.
Diarrhea, cha cha cha.
chevytravis@reddit
Never heard of this either 🤔
Lemosopher@reddit
Yep, have no clue what this means and I'm middle aged.
Pipet2@reddit
'Round the corner fudge is made?
Chip-Chape@reddit
Put your finger in the hole, out pops a Tootsie Roll?
MareDesperado175@reddit
LOL 😜
Wrught_Wes@reddit
Did you inform them where the fudge is made?
Writing_is_Bleeding@reddit
'Round the corner, IIRC.
SeminaryStudentARH@reddit
I’m making fudge right now!
Familiar-Court-4217@reddit
Ring around the rosy, etc etc, Red rover red rover
PleasedPeas@reddit
I am a 55-year-old woman and I don’t know what that is.
MirkatteWorld@reddit
I wouldn't mind if this gets deleted from cultural memory. Ew. I recall Amy Schumer reciting this as part of a bit, and I kind of marveled over why this was ever "a thing." 🤢🤮
SarcasticCough69@reddit
I'm Gen X and have no damn idea what you're talking about
binarianVoodoo@reddit
Sunsfever83@reddit
I'm 55 and would have been staring blankly with the kids. Never heard of that.
MontytheBold@reddit
Same. I have no idea what op is talking about.
Bubbly_Following7930@reddit
I'm one of those who doesn't know it.
Low-Conflict-651@reddit
On each milk you grab your chest. Lemonade is crotch. And it ends with “around the corner fudge is made”.
Tangled-Lights@reddit
This is the rhyme, but I don’t remember any grabbing.
britsol99@reddit
Always knew it as:
“Around the corner, chocolate’s made”
bryan-garner@reddit
I didn't remember this until you spelled it out, so thank you. Only a vague recollection of this.
UnkleClarke@reddit
Haha! Love this one! Just taught my kids not too long ago! They are 9&7.
Lanky_Asparagus_8534@reddit
Yes, we have failed them! 😆😆
Exact_Fox9438@reddit
I never heard this one
BigBanyak22@reddit
Never heard of this. Thankfully! 😂
Character_Problem_93@reddit
I never heard it until my mil said with hand waving on the corresponding areas. 🤢
soSickugh@reddit
It's so weird, I was just thinking about that phrase and wondering the same thing about 3 days ago.
ImaSource@reddit
What the hell is milk, milk, lemonade? I'm square in the middle of GenX and have never heard that term.
caedo12@reddit
"…around the corner, fudge is made." Making sense yet?
LynxLynx555@reddit
Still not
caedo12@reddit
Let’s just call it a "scatological folk rhyme" that was often quoted on the playground and focused on the female anatomy. If still unsure, try pointing to your tits, crotch and ass as you say it out loud.
LynxLynx555@reddit
Thanks, I get it now. I grew up in a non-English speaking country so I was oblivious.
cedg32@reddit
Think about where various secretions appear from the body, in a biological sense. Then replace those with beverages/snacks. Then bask in the humour.
crashin70@reddit
I get it now but it's kids me and my free pool would have been more likely to have said "boobies boobies cooter booty"
Frosty-Unit8707@reddit
Yeah, 73x here. Wtf is this?
ConfidenceAgitated16@reddit
Don’t teach them that one! Come on bro!! Can you imagine that becoming a fad again!! Naughty!
ComfortablyDumbass@reddit
I am familiar with milk milk lemonade...(56, NE & IA) My millennial daughter knows the correct response to 🎵AMERICA🎵 Spoiler, it is 🎵Fuck Yeah!🎵, but she got that from clips on the tubes, not the movie itself (Team America World Police)
MommaBear354@reddit
Milk milk lemonade around the corner chocolate's made. I sang this to my kids. They think people my age are all insane 🤷🏼♀️
fruitless7070@reddit
My 10yo (oppsie) asked me in a very serious tone and facial expression if I was from the 1900s. I'd never been asked that question before. Never in my life. He them stared blankly after I answered yes.
MommaBear354@reddit
My son said that too! I was like holy crap I am from the 1900s
fruitless7070@reddit
Now I use it as an excuse. Give me a break! I'm from the 1900s!
FabAmy@reddit
I've never heard it. What's the rest? Every generation has idioms that others may not know.
BADoVLAD@reddit
....around the back fudge is made.
It's a body party thing and was definitely around in the 80s
Boob boob, clam, ass
FabAmy@reddit
I had never heard that!
BADoVLAD@reddit
Judging by the comments I thought it was regional but people from the same state and generation are saying they have and haven't heard it so I dunno. Like with a lot of things it's hit or miss I guess.
PBRStreetgang1979@reddit
Some customs are more honored in the breach than the observance.
ru_k1nd@reddit
Turn the corner fudge is made lol
In my 50’s, but I can’t say where I first heard it. My dad was military so we moved a lot. Which assignment did I first hear that rhyme? Or was it from my cousin in Massachusetts? I thought this was a universal truth, like the place in France where the naked ladies danced.
seesha@reddit
Stick your finger up the hole and out pops a tootsie roll
Olbap55@reddit
Our verse 2 was “Push the button, pull the lever, out comes a chocolate choo choo train.”
neverdoneneverready@reddit
Whoa! Never heard that version 😂
Awkward-Outcome-4938@reddit
Okay, this is next level and I never heard this part, but it really just completes the entire thing nicely!
East_Baseball8384@reddit
Don’t even get me started on the clothing choices of Miss Mary Mack!
ldefrehn@reddit
Elephant … elephant … elephant jump the fence!!!
CousinBarnabas1967@reddit
Popeye the Sailor man, sat in a frying pan; turned on the gas and blew out his ass, he's Popeye the Sailor man!
Ok_Still_3571@reddit
I’m Popeye the Sailor man, I live in a garbage can. I like to go swimmin’ with bare naked women. I’m Popeye the Sailor man! TOOT TOOT!
Silver_Breakfast7096@reddit
Jingle bells. Batman smells. Robin layed an egg. Batmobile lost a wheel and joker got away.
suesuehell@reddit
Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg. He blew his nose in Cheerios and ate them every day!
DistributionDizzy241@reddit
I'm Popeye the sailor man. I live in a garbage can. I smoke and I drink, and boy do I stink, I'm Popeye the sailor man!
little_oaf@reddit
I'm Popeye the sailor man, I live in a garbage can. I turn the heater, and blow off my wiener. I'm Popeye the sailor man!
TheWorldTurnsAround@reddit
I'm Popeye the sailor man. I live in a garbage can. I'll eat all the worms and spit out the germs. I'm Popeye the sailor man.
LewMetal@reddit
I'm Gen X in my mid fifties and I've never heard it.
Kooky_Werewolf6044@reddit
Omg I’m really surprised by how many Gen X never heard this. Around the corner fudge is made.
smallwonder25@reddit
lol same!
FalseEvidence8701@reddit
Beat me by 5 minutes...
Sufficient_Alps8989@reddit
Never heard of it
ActPlayful@reddit
What parts are yall from that have heard this before? I’m curious.
VLR_I@reddit
Born Chicago, traded NY in the Canadian border. I didn't know which state I heard it in. But I know my cousins were all over it!
Sad-Fee7480@reddit
Round the corner chocolates made
FalseEvidence8701@reddit
We said fudges made as a kid lol
QueenMumof4@reddit
All of the high and mighty comments saying "i would never teach my child that". Get over yourself, lighten up, and realize you can be silly and playful with your children. Yes, even participate in immature poop jokes with them sometimes. You may be surprised at how it builds trust between parents and offspring.
Do_it_My_Way-79@reddit
Maybe I always said it wrong, but to me it was
milk milk lemon lemon stick your finger in your hole now you got a tootsie roll
SubstantialAmoeba665@reddit
OMG, eww, LOL! Kids are so creative and love to use that creativity in the service of grossness...
earthgarden@reddit
That's the way I remember it lol
AlwaysLate1229@reddit
Gross
Do_it_My_Way-79@reddit
Haha of course it’s gross. The whole silly rhyme is about bodily functions.
alexgodden@reddit
British, born in 78, this was widespread in Southern England among all my friends, relatives kids etc.
Elfishly@reddit
Oh wow it’s actually British?! Amazing!!
Fatbloke-66@reddit
Still going strong 18 years later.
Sullacuda@reddit
Kids humor today is not based on a foundation of sexual and or body function jokes. That’s probably a good thing.
My 11yo gets offended if I make a dick joke and I inquired if no one tells them anymore. He was shocked and appalled when I explained how they were the foundation of humor for boys in the 90s.
Elfishly@reddit
lol what? Kids absolutely make dick jokes. Especially middle schoolers
Formal-Cut-4923@reddit
I’ve heard it a few times, but it’s been a long time.
Certain-Incident-40@reddit
Nope. Never heard.
Odd-Prune2254@reddit
QueenMumof4@reddit
51, Minnesota, I remember 🤣 but, did you point to the correct areas as you said it? Maybe context clues were missing? 😉😆
SubstantialAmoeba665@reddit
I'm GenX and I never heard of this-- what is it?
um_like_whatever@reddit
57.. no idea what you are talking about
mhbentz@reddit
Never heard this - PA/MD
Taco_cat111@reddit
50, from NE PA, knew all of the words.
Why_so_glum_chum@reddit
Pa and MD here too, and at 59, this is the first I've heard it.
divinerebel@reddit
Have heard it - MD (70s)
SpacemanSpiff25@reddit
I only know this because I read it in book a long long time ago. I’ve never heard anyone say it.
No-Location-5995@reddit
Never heard of this
ahhhnel@reddit
Will Farrel recited it in a skit on SNL, and it brought back memories.
knarlomatic@reddit
The common theme is it sounds regional. I lived in OH/PA until 10yo, then FL. Don't remember ever hearing that.
earthgarden@reddit
I'm from Ohio and knew the tootsie roll version. Learned it in the south, IIRC. Summers at my grandma's as a little kid. The kids there told it to me
BuccoFever412@reddit
Same. Lived in Pittsburgh my entire life until last summer. Live near Orlando now. Have never heard that
Scarlet_Pumpernikkul@reddit
58, totally
What_Fresh_Hell_666@reddit
I'm GenX, and I have no idea what OP is talking about. Milk, milk, lemonade? Huh? Some kind of song or childhood chant? Must be a regional thing. (I grew up in the American Midwest.)
royalsgirl78@reddit
In elementary, the kids would point to one breast and say “milk”, then point at the other and say “milk”, then point between their legs and say “lemonade”, then point at their butt and say “‘round the corner fudge is made”.
I hate that I remember this…🤦🏼♀️😂
What_Fresh_Hell_666@reddit
Gross! Glad I never heard it as a kid!
diarrhea_syndrome@reddit
And not one gd person with an explanation. Is this the earlier version of 6-7?
FightPhoe93@reddit
Same here, have no clue what this saying is from and grew up in Wisconsin 1970s/1980s.
dannieandme@reddit
What does this mean?
earthgarden@reddit
breastmilk, pee, and poop :D
New_Canoe@reddit
I’m 44 and just as confused.
flopjobbit@reddit
PatienceEffective468@reddit
(m)50yo Ohio, I finished the saying without even thinking.
Green_Ad_276@reddit
I’m 49 from Ohio and I remember it as well. I said it to my husband (48 from Ohio) and he finished it before I could!
Main_Tension_9305@reddit
52 grew up in NE US, no clue.
ReineDeLaSeine14@reddit
Um, millenial from New England here and I’ve never heard that phrase before in my life.
How does not knowing a tiny saying mean you failed? Explain.
Disruptorpistol@reddit
Not American, thankfully never heard this, and baffled by why anyone would want to…….?
ReineDeLaSeine14@reddit
I don’t even know what it means!
Soulshiner402@reddit
No idea
turfgrrl@reddit
More of the batman smells era of elementary school, but I do remember— The sky is blue the tray is grey, now pick it up and put it away.
Bijou9@reddit
I thought you were trying to sing the “milk and cereal, milk and cereal, milk and cereal, cereal and milk etc.” song…
Divainthewoods@reddit
Now, this is the one I'm clueless about.
Majic1959@reddit
6th grade boys humor. Would not have taught that to my girls.
Trai-All@reddit
Same thought.
Educational_Bar2807@reddit
51 completely clueless
denbushi@reddit
Never heard that before. 🤷♂️
ArcadiaKing@reddit
Around the back's where fudge is made
I didn't know this until my husband taught it to me as an adult.
MariaInconnu@reddit
Yep, I'm on the "I have no idea what you're talking about" side.
Do_it_My_Way-79@reddit
It’s a silly gross bodily function rhyme. “Milk, milk” (put your hands over your chest for breast milk); “lemonade” (cover your crotch for pee); “round the corner fudge is made” (do I need to explain)
Then you can also say “stick your finger in your hole, now you got a tootsie roll” Again I don’t think I need to explain.
mostlyacat_@reddit
Same. Solid gen xer here from MI and never heard this.
KittycatVuitton@reddit
Same. Never heard that.
SassholeSupreme1@reddit
Same. No idea.
PracticalApartment99@reddit
I only heard it on Will and Grace.
Catgirl1972@reddit
We've been rewatching W&G a lot recently, so Karen was the first thing I thought of when I saw this.
But we did also say it when I was a kid, the full version.
Oliverboliver64@reddit
I'm 61. Spent most of my childhood in Virginia, Missouri and Illinois. I have no idea what you're talking about.
dox1842@reddit
around the corner fudge is made? I only know it because of family guy.
crashin70@reddit
I think family Guy invented it and these people are thinking they heard it as children because they heard it on there
Divainthewoods@reddit
I've never watched Family Guy. I definitely heard this on the playground.
Nearby_Impact_8911@reddit
You are very wrong
aprilmesserkaravani@reddit
I remember it from the 60's. I have only seen clips of FG.)
MandyLee77@reddit
Nope i definitely said this as a kid
NotTheJury@reddit
I remember from the 80s. I dont watch Family Guy.
NurseEve@reddit
49 in New England...and definitely didn't know how to end it. After hearing the ending, I think I may have heard it once or twice in my life, or maybe just that end part? I'm ok with the fact my teens don't know or say it though...
No_Hippo2380@reddit
I knew immediately! I still say groady.
Zoopollo@reddit
Round the corner fudge is made, stick your finger in the hole, out will come a tootsie roll.
Rindowin@reddit
This is how I remember it!
original-whiplash@reddit
I’m definitely familiar, but the tootsie roll part is new to me
Zoopollo@reddit
Lol
CousinBarnabas1967@reddit
Yes! Been sitting here like Roger Rabbit waiting for "two bits!" for someone to finish this ditty!
Unlucky-Assist8714@reddit
I'm British and a 56 year old mother of teens. I have zero idea what you're on about.
SauerMetal@reddit
Milk, milk lemonade, around the corner, fudge is made.
Boobs, crotch and ass.
ave427@reddit
WTH? From the southern US and I have never heard of this.
Divainthewoods@reddit
I'm from Georgia and had forgotten about it, but I immediately remembered as soon as I read it.
CousinBarnabas1967@reddit
Stick your finger in the hole out will pop a Tootsie Roll
HeyPrettyLadyMaam@reddit
I love you for remembering!!
SauerMetal@reddit
Thanks. That’s nice to hear.
Prettykitty12345@reddit
On the bathroom wall..."here I sit broken hearted, trying to s*** but only farted"
BronzedLuna@reddit
I remember it as ‘here I sit broken hearted, paid my dime and only farted’
OddButterscotch2849@reddit
Second stanza:
next time I will take a chance...
Prettykitty12345@reddit
Hmmmm.... Yours is probably the original. I went to school with a rough crowd
OddButterscotch2849@reddit
Yes, back when pay toilets were common practice.
tulips_onthe_summit@reddit
I have no idea what you're talking about.
JackalberryJewels@reddit
63 Australia yes I know it. What about “yum yum bubble gum” lol
BrotherQuartus@reddit
Stick it up your mother’s bum
original-whiplash@reddit
I’m 46 from California, and I’ve heard/said this a million times. My wife last night asked about dinner if I wanted Chinese? Japanese? …any idea what I responded?
Do_it_My_Way-79@reddit
Something about dirty knees & look at these perhaps? 47 here, raised in Orange County, CA
original-whiplash@reddit
You got it
SlapMySloth1@reddit
Illinois and the same thing happened when I tried saying it to my two kids, one a teen and the other a little younger. Neither had heard it and both called me “unc” for saying something “old”. It’s funny because half of what they say or listen to is regurgitated slang or music from the 80’s and 90’s, they just don’t realize it.
detroitragace@reddit
I don’t mind the regurgitated slang from the 80’s. What I DO mind, is that kids are changing the meaning of our slang from the 80’s. I yell at my kids all the time (in a sarcastic humorous way) every time they misappropriate one of our 80’s slang words.
SlapMySloth1@reddit
I don’t mind them using it either but I agree with you that when its meaning is changed it’s a little annoying. My point was the irony of them saying one thing is just some old saying while they are using slang or sayings that are equally old if not older. My kids minds were blown when they found out I was born in “the 1900’s”.
Unfair_Bluejay_9687@reddit
Around the corner fudge is made.
ThePythiaofApollo@reddit
50 from NJ… did you hit your head ?
SKatieRo@reddit
Virginia-- and I say this in my head every time one of my parapros is handing out milk cartons in my classroom!
3lGuap0@reddit
Wisconsin - I've said this many times in my head, but my wife would kill me if I taught it to my pre teen
Altruistic_Rip8132@reddit
Florida here but we still don’t know what 6 7 means 🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
pepperw2@reddit
My Daughter In Law got her class to stop using 6-7 by saying it too. Like the “adults” were going to get in on the fun too. Hahaha. She was amazed at how fast it stopped. She didn’t tell them that’s what she was doing. She just started gradually incorporating it herself. I think she even asked a couple parents to join in but to keep the secret.
Shellrant42day@reddit
UK here, what does 6-7 mean? My great nephew says it randomly (he’s 5 and has adhd, but has a 15 year old sister), when I ask what it means, he can’t tell me.
foxyfree@reddit
It doesn’t mean anything
Shellrant42day@reddit
So why do they keep saying it then?
xantub@reddit
It's a Roblox thing, I think.
rattlefox9@reddit
49, grew up in Midwest and east coast. I have NO idea what this means.
MuffStuff3000@reddit
I only know that because of Family Guy. And I am late 1980.
PiercedButNotDead@reddit
This is so funny, and timely. I’m from Long Island. I’m in Phys Therapy right now for hip tendonopathy and just last week while my PT was digging his elbow into the front of my hip, and I told him I also have pain on the side leading to my glute, he said “around the corner”, and my childish brain immediately went to this old rhyme. 😂
KetoCaTx@reddit
57, texas. I feel bad for today’s youth
peachesandsir@reddit
I have absolutely no idea what this means either 😬
RawAsparagus@reddit
Boob, boob, vaj, butt
No_Needleworker_4704@reddit
Around the corner fudge is made 😆
ArbainHestia@reddit
Thank you! I had no idea what this was until you finished it.
Creepy_Radio_3084@reddit
UK here - have known this one since I was a kid, so 50+ years...
Divainthewoods@reddit
That is interesting to know it wasn't just a US thing. I wonder where the origin was.
PrettyPlair@reddit
I just got the visual… cute elementary humor
nadiestar@reddit
Society is constantly failing our children. It’s up to us to keep the old magic alive! Say it with me… ip dip dog shit you are not it!
Repulsive-Analyst497@reddit
NH. I remember!
HippoBitter3970@reddit
I literally said the whole thing to my teen’s dad while our kid was standing right there and I haven’t seen a bigger smile and heard such hee haw laughter from him since. His dad is the one who stared back at us both in disbelief. Then he cracked a smile.
Beaufinngus@reddit
I grew up in PA and I know what you’re talking about!
silvermanedwino@reddit
No idea.
Stompboxer1@reddit
Never having heard this before, I decided to google it. I royally regret doing this.
Not only did I find the meaning, but I found there was a perfume with that name as well.
Divainthewoods@reddit
😄
And, I do not want to smell that perfume!
TrainingLittle4117@reddit
Maryland, I knew immediately. 😂
mitosis799@reddit
Never heard this one but I do remember ink a dink a bottle of ink, the cork fell out and you stink.
thecrystalcrow@reddit
We did this for a choosing game:
Ink-a-dink, a bottle of ink
Okka-bokka-boo
Okka-bokka soda cracker
Out goes you!
Seattlescape@reddit
I’m GenX and I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Available_Thanks_131@reddit
What?? Dang! Wait til you find out what happens around the corner
No_Needleworker_4704@reddit
😆😆😆
Platinum_Pickledick@reddit
Same
nf_sew_711@reddit
Me too. No clue.
aotus76@reddit
Yep, me either. Maybe it’s regional?
Pretend-Excuse-8368@reddit
Yep heard this as a kid in PA.
SnooCakes8914@reddit
Round the corner, fudge is made. Yes, remember this in MI/OH in the 1980's.
themiracy@reddit
Funny I know many of the other ones but I grew up in MI in that timeframe and I don’t remember this one.
No_Needleworker_4704@reddit
It's society and social media. Man...kids don't get bored enough to make up creative shit anymore 😆
GingerA0712@reddit
48yrs old. Finished the phrase as soon as I read this. Cracked up too. Just said this to my husband the other day- we have no children. So, yeah, that’s our level of humor. 😂😂
HTTR4EVER@reddit
tmf_x@reddit
Im just staring at you blankly like a 14 year old.
Coffey2828@reddit
So Cal 48, never heard of this, went straight to google
notedrive@reddit
Same, must be a regional thing.
DisastrousPause6845@reddit
So. Cal here, it was around our neighborhood in the 80's. We had like 20 free range kids during the summer on our block. Loads of mischief.
tantypanda@reddit
I only know this rhyme because Karen said it in Will & Grace - I haven’t heard it in any other setting
nygenxmom@reddit
NYC - no idea what this means.
dehydratedrain@reddit
Looking at a woman, milky milky (breasts), lemonade (pee), around the corner is the old fudge-plant.
Ok-Actuator8579@reddit
Gross. I’m now glad I did not know.
ButtCrackBop@reddit
Fudge plant??
“Around the corner
Fudge is made”
dakky68@reddit
47F, Australia.
"Chocolate" instead of "fudge," but no idea when I first heard it.
The earliest I remember seeing it in media was in a Shitscared skit on Australian comedy show, The Late Show in the early- to mid-'90s.
KeyStriking9763@reddit
NJ, born in 79. No fucking clue about this.
Beenbannedbefore1@reddit
‘Round the corner fudge is made!”
Tctem1@reddit
“Stick your finger up the hole, now you have a tootsie roll.” NJ born in 85.
Brownie-0109@reddit
NJ ‘63
No idea what this is
Fly_Larvae@reddit
For us in PA this rhyme was a prelude to:My mother punched your mother in the nose. What color blood came out? For sorting out potatoes to choose sides.
bookworthy@reddit
Le sigh.
It’s for choosing who us “it”. Kids sitting in a circle with feet inside. As the closer says the little ditty, they tap feet. Here we go.
My mother and your mother were hanging up clothes.
My mother punched your mother right in the nose.
What color was the blood? (For our purposes here the child whose foot was being tapped in the weird blood says blue) Blue. B-L-U-E spells Blue and you are not IT.
(Sometimes the person choosing would as the following:) You dirty old dishrag, you. ‘Cause my mother told me to pick the very best one and you are noooooot IT!
Foxingmatch@reddit
NY state here. "My mother punched your mother..." was always paired with, "Bubblegum, bubblegum in a dish. How many pieces do you wish?"
...And you. Are. Not. It.
vyyne@reddit
Whattt lol
illpoet@reddit
Round the corner the fudge is made
2paqout@reddit
Kids? My wife born in 84 has never heard it.
intensive-porpoise@reddit
The Mr. t experience taught me so little, but they did explain what happens around the back.
Delicious_Iron7977@reddit
61, Cleveland area, we said this all the time, with around the corner fudge is made as the second line.
Question, would you rather kiss a bunny or a cow between the ears?
Alternative_Sort_404@reddit
Uh oh…. So, what’s the answer? (Genuinely don’t know this one…)
Delicious_Iron7977@reddit
Kids would use crayons to color their front buckets pink and back pockets brown. You answer bunny and they pulled out their front pockets, cow and they'd pull out back pockets. Imagine where you were kissing then. Of corse it only worked with slacks, not jeans.
Alternative_Sort_404@reddit
Gotcha - that’s pretty good! grew up in MA, 53yo - We used to wear slacks (school clothes vs play clothes) back in the day, but still never heard that gag…
dehydratedrain@reddit
I've never heard bunny or cow, but I've heard kiss a bunny or (awful other option, think something like step on a Lego, or French kiss a knife).
When they obviously say bunny, you pull your pockets inside out and say "here are the bunny ears, kiss the bunny" (their junk).
ContestOverall6100@reddit
Pulls out pockets.lol!
Non_intertainer87@reddit
Morbid curiosity: A cow. Why?
JennsGizmodo@reddit
EntertainmentNo841@reddit
Did you have them a piece of fudge next? That would’ve been hysterical.
CousinBarnabas1967@reddit
Stick your finger in the hole; out will pop a Tootsie Roll!
pennywise1235@reddit
What?
BlurplesMcDerp@reddit
83, raised in Ohio - im catchin what you're throwing. I have no idea what it means, but I know where tootsie rolls come from.
TonyStark100@reddit
Midwest ‘76, I repeated this a lot as a kid, but I learned it from slightly older kids.
CousinBarnabas1967@reddit
2 4 6 8 Danny caught a rattlesnake, snakey died, Danny cried 2 4 6 8
Spirited_Ad_1396@reddit
Gen X here - and I know what’s made around the corner 😆
Due-Cup1115@reddit
Older millennial here. Zero clue what you're talking about.
frithar@reddit
Pittsburgh Gen X here. Hell yes, I know milk milk lemonade
WellWellWellthennow@reddit
Never heard of it
MandyLee77@reddit
Milk, Milk, Lemonade! Around the corner fudge is made. Stick your finger in the hole, out pops the Tootsie Roll
CousinBarnabas1967@reddit
Was wait for someone to complete the ditty, Thank You!
MandyLee77@reddit
You're welcome 🤗
Minute_Artichoke1354@reddit
Grew up in Appalachia, 65 years old, and today is the first time I’ve ever heard this!
Gardngoyle@reddit
And I wish I hadn't.
OptiGuy4u@reddit
Same....there's a reason a lot of folks haven't heard it. It's too dumb to spread around.
Nearby_Impact_8911@reddit
Oh shit I never heard the second part
MandyLee77@reddit
Most haven't 😂 that was all me a kid!!
Nearby_Impact_8911@reddit
😂😂😂😂
foreverand2025@reddit
Thank you for actually explaining what it means.
MandyLee77@reddit
You got it 😁
Extreme-Flan3935@reddit
Never heard that last line.
MandyLee77@reddit
That one was all me 🤣
Loomiemonster@reddit
That’s it! I think we had another variation, but this was the more common one. I weep tears of recognition.
MandyLee77@reddit
I laughed as soon as i saw this
PurelyHim@reddit
My version in Minnesota, maybe Midwest in general, goes “this is where the fudge is made.”
tamtip@reddit
I know in Ohio
D05wtt@reddit
No idea.
Catnip_75@reddit
No clue what you mean - Central Canada
scunliffe@reddit
“Round the corner” in southern Ontario I fully recall this.
Gingerkitty666@reddit
Also southern onatrio.. no clue what it is
Christina_Beena@reddit
This is wild. Childhood in New York, 80s. Round the corner fudge is made. How was this not universal
mary808@reddit
UK in the 80s here!
asleepinthetreestand@reddit
It was in WV in the sixties!
Ok_Mango_6887@reddit
My daughter doesn’t know how to sing this name song
Positron14@reddit
Never heard of it.
Cool-Sell-5310@reddit
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Super_charmaine@reddit
Round the corner, chocolate cake!!!
MRV-DUB@reddit
Or ' around the corner, fudge is made'
Jonnyflash80@reddit
This one is better. I don't recall anyone saying chocolate cake.
Loud_Ad_1403@reddit
Round the corner, fudge is made
Baconoid_@reddit
Personally, I prefer chocolate to fudge.
Bob_Sacamano7379@reddit
As an English teacher, I'd like to personally apologize. We really should be teaching more poetry.
dvidthefinisher@reddit
First heard it on family guy
Alternative_Sort_404@reddit
Probably most Gen X humor has made its way forward on Family Guy… I gotta say, though - the first 5 seasons were brilliant and I just stopped watching after that as it became just tired, lazy and violent (with occasional comic gems dusted in there, but not enough to care)…
LuceLeakey@reddit
Born and raised in Canada and I've never heard this. Are you going to explain it? It just sounds nonsensical to me.
omgslwurrll@reddit
I was born in '85 and am 41 now. I have absolutely no idea what this means, if it makes you feel any better.
AgentG91@reddit
Round the corner fudge is made!
(Boob, boob, dick, butt)
Common meme in 90s
LuceLeakey@reddit
Ahh. Never heard it. A lot of people said they said it as kids, and I was an adult by the '90s.
ogjelloman@reddit
When I hear lemonade the only acceptable next words are "that cool refreshing drink"
BooRadley_Esq@reddit
We gotta win this race
ogjelloman@reddit
kidde1@reddit
Is this Murphy’s law?
One-Rip2593@reddit
Yes!
IGotFancyPants@reddit
They don’t know because you didn’t teach them.
Listen-to-Mom@reddit
I’m embarrassed to say I know what you’re talking about.
molleensmrs@reddit
55, from CT, I definitely know this.
ProfessionalZone168@reddit
64 from Alabama, learned it as a kid
Extreme-Flan3935@reddit
I know this. (Minnesota, born 1963)
Evening_Helicopter98@reddit
MN 68, don't remember hearing this but my memory isn't what it used to be!
Deej006@reddit
Same, but never heard it before.
JustAGreenDreamer@reddit
I would not know this if not for Karen on Will and Grace.
HighJeanette@reddit
This 60 yo is staring at you blankly. No idea what this means.
Nearby_Impact_8911@reddit
Milk milk lemonade turn around the fudge is made😂😂😂😂
MooPig48@reddit
Wtf
Loud_Ad_1403@reddit
I told my 14 year old son this a month ago. He didn't understand and I had to explain. He's autistic so I had to REALLY explain it. Once he got it, he was on the floor with uncontrollable laughter 😅😅
One-Rip2593@reddit
What?
PegShop@reddit
????? No idea what this is?
Silver_Daikon6974@reddit
Not sure how it’s failing anyone for a kid not to know an obscure saying from decades ago that seems to be regional at best. Definitely not on society.
grannygogo@reddit
New York. We said it all the time. I just was talking to my 20 year old grandson about things we thought were hilarious when we were kids and 3 came up. The milk milk lemonade, the I hate to see a hearse go by it makes me think I’m gonna die song and the Hail Mary full of Grace bless my boyfriend’s handsome face one
RoguePlanet2@reddit
New Yorker all my life, never heard any of these.
Aventinium@reddit
Yeah…never heard of this.
doing_my_best_here@reddit
55 in Pa., no idea what this is
CauliflowerLonely799@reddit
NJ native 💯no clue so I must have failed my daughter too
vb911@reddit
From Ohio, it definitely was a popular chant, and so was when you're sliding into home with your pants are full of foam, diarrhea, uh, uh, diarrhea... 😂
Upper_Economist7611@reddit
When you’re walking into class and it’s squirting out your ass…
Upper_Economist7611@reddit
Grew up in upstate NY in the ‘70s. This was a staple!
DumpsterDoggie@reddit
Never heard this. Pushing 60, was a kid in Iowa.
Fattydaddy1000@reddit
Never heard that bs before not everyone is the same
aprilmoonflower@reddit
I have never heard that until today
Glass-Conference9200@reddit
48.. Southern California. Public school and babysitters and played outside till it was dark or got called in for dinner. Doesn’t even sound slightly familiar.
Extreme-Flan3935@reddit
I know the place in France, too lol
HeyPrettyLadyMaam@reddit
45 Florida/Connecticut bouncer. Heard it in both states (Florida was from ages 3-7, CT was from 7-29 then back to Florida) Maybe it was an east coast thing?
Loomiemonster@reddit
I hope you immediately explained it to them, so they could be enlightened. All should know this classic saying and enjoy its high class humor and profound truth.
I’m early GenX (pushing 60!) from the upper Midwest, and we all knew it. Our version ended with “out comes the chocolate choo-choo train,” but I don’t quite remember the exact wording.
dustopia@reddit
Never heard it before the “inside Amy Schumer” show skit.
traumabond629@reddit
I’m 49 in Maryland and I have never heard milk milk, lemonade
But I still say, Michael Michael motorcycle, turnthe key and watch him pee
Ruddy_Bottom@reddit
Rev the gas and burn his ass!
MandyLee77@reddit
I always said Michael, Michael motorcycle, blew a fart and fell apart
HeyPrettyLadyMaam@reddit
Omg I used to sing this to my brother allllll the time 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 he used to get so butt hurt. Love ya Mike!!
demonspawn9@reddit
Haven't heard this one. NYC. I started in catholic school the white suburban girls had some rhymes. When I went to public, the black girls from the pj's had different ones where I learned the hand slapping games. Never came across this one.
Ok_Arachnid1089@reddit
I grew up in the Chicago area and this we would say this all the time
Mind-Matters-Not@reddit
1972, grew up in Chicago as well, downtown, never heard this.
DickWhittingtonsCat@reddit
I mid 70s born and was in Skokie in mid 1980s and it was a thing. Thought it was kinda stupid and babyish even as a kid- and I’m a very childish buffoon. Maybe you “missed” by a few years.
It obviously came from some stupid movie or something. Not having a VCR I always felt behind the curve on that or reciting lines (sound effects) from police academy.
Nearby_Impact_8911@reddit
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
oldie349@reddit
Why? Some kids rhyme?
Whole_Craft_1106@reddit
I have heard of this but geesh, thx for making me feel old. Was 40+ years since I heard this
robertwadehall@reddit
Never heard it. Grew up in rural NE Ohio and S Florida.
pinelandpuppy@reddit
I definitely heard that growing up in SFL.
littlelegoman@reddit
My friends and I said “milk. milk. lemonade. round the corner, fudge is made. stick your finger up the hole and then you got a tootsie roll.”
MoCo Maryland.
practical_junket@reddit
Finally!! Someone who knows the ‘extended cut’. 😂
sugrmag78@reddit
Ahhh yes the extended version lol
I (47f) said this to my husband (51m) once and he was like “yoooooo wtf is wrong with you”
ChunLiRoyJenkins@reddit
This is what I remember So Cal
trannylover457@reddit
This is exactly how we said it, Pittsburgh pa
boygirlmama@reddit
Lol I definitely have sung that to my kids 😂
Glass-Conference9200@reddit
Asking anyone that I run into if they have heard of this will be on the docket this week. Just so I can say “oh”, or “okay”, then they will ask “why?” And I’ll say, “ just wondering or no reason.”
aprilmesserkaravani@reddit
I will now join you in this campaign!
Phobos1982@reddit
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Some-Attitude8183@reddit
No idea…
tbodillia@reddit
Pretty sure SNL skits like this is the only time I ever heard that. This is Indiana.
Ill-Rate-4718@reddit
Yep, 54 year old here from UK, remember this from my childhood
Slum_66@reddit
'Round the back, fudge is made! 🤣🤣 Wow! Ancient memories unlocked 🤣😂
Lanzarote-Singer@reddit
Milk milk lemonade, round the corner chocolate’s made.
There was another one. Can’t say the first bit but it was like this:
Ch@@@ese Ja@@@ese Dirty knees, what are these? (With actions)
HeyPrettyLadyMaam@reddit
😂 I remember that one too!
Latter_Quail_7025@reddit
Never heard this one get up in NE
WalnutTree80@reddit
I'm a middle Gen Xer and I have no idea what this is.
Tardislass@reddit
Grew up as Gen X in the Midwest and never heard this.Your kids are not wrong.
Outrageous-Past-3622@reddit
South Africa, 1970s, "Round the corner, chocolate cake"
SweetCryptographer72@reddit
Round the corner chocolate's made.
HyperboleHelper@reddit
Connecticut, very pale NYC suburban area.
1 year and 2 months too old for Gen X
... Around the corner fudge is made!
They have their own "memes" now. Ours just traveled neighborhood to neighborhood, but some of them didn't make the cut as this thread is showing.
HeyPrettyLadyMaam@reddit
I was CT from like 90 till 2010-ish. Ngl I miss CT of the 90's. Had so much fun growing up there.
crashin70@reddit
I grew up in the lower South East and I've never heard of this
Initial-Relation-696@reddit
Pull my finger
ATLCoyote@reddit
Why should they know it, and why would care that they don’t? It’s kinda a stupid and vulgar chant.
Musicmom1164@reddit
Southern US. Never heard that phrase. I'd stare blankly at you too.
MILFwarning@reddit
PNW-nope never heard it til now. Hmmm
Dizzy_Dear@reddit
Same
eunma2112@reddit
Northern Midwest … same.
I’d be more inclined to think it meant you’re not getting any lemonade until you’re done milking the cows!
SharontheBaker@reddit
I'm originally from VA and my husband from OH and we made this joke at Costco the other day
Current_Confusion443@reddit
Just turned 54. Lived in SoCal all my life. I have no idea what that means.
Capital-Mark1897@reddit
57, Bay Area, blank stare.
carbon_made@reddit
Theodoxus@reddit
Weird, 54 here. Grew up in San Diego. Was a common schoolyard chant.
Interesting_Elk6904@reddit
Southern Australian, yes - I knew this chant as a child
dwdgc@reddit
No clue. In my late 50’s and have lived all over the US but spent my childhood in NC and VA.
zenitude1@reddit
I remember this from elementary school joke land. This was replaced with chuck Norris jokes as the popular goto.
Of course , after milk milk lemonade rounds you would sing the "There's a place in France song"
Caesarrules56@reddit
Oh my god I haven’t heard there’s a place in France since middle school and it immediately came back to me when you mentioned it. Thanks.
foxyfree@reddit
OP - having read through the thread it appears most people have never heard this expression. It was apparently widespread in Southern England. Just curious, did you grow up in England or somewhere else?
rieldilpikl@reddit
I’m not OP but I remember this being said constantly in grade school in Montana. I’m actually blown away by how the majority here has never heard it before though, tbh.
Current_Fly9337@reddit
I’m northern England (44) and I remember it
mynamesnotcarter@reddit
Grew up in CT in the 70’s, yep we chanted this to gross ourselves out
sailorelf@reddit
I have no idea what you are saying but gather it might be a children’s song.
captainfishhooks@reddit
Im 52 grew up partially in Detroit in the 70s -80s... .heard all the slang... we talked truck drivers as kids, we didnt say this or ever heard of it.
Lady_Gator_2027@reddit
They said it Downriver, all the time. This was in the 70’s
captainfishhooks@reddit
Thats odd, i was latchkey and had babysitters with multiple kids of different ages. Never heard it. 7 and hoover area.
SnooGrapes1102@reddit
How about, "If you're climbing up a ladder, and you hear something platter......" , ever heard that one?!
Camp7thGrade@reddit
When you're sitting on the pot and you feel something hot
When you're floating in the pool and you feel something cool
When you're going on a trip and you feel something drip
Some people think it's funny but it's really hot and runny
Some people think it's gross but it's really good on toast
No pain, no strain, just sit and let it drain
PushFoward_DLB70@reddit
The other one: if your climbing up a wall & you hear something fall....diarrhea...diarrhea.
Frankenstank@reddit
When you’re climbing up a tree and you feel you got to pee but it’s running down your leg and it smells like rotten egg…diarrhea
strangerbuttrue@reddit
If your tummy starts to hurt, and you feel a little squirt….
chaoticnormal@reddit
Diarrhea
PushFoward_DLB70@reddit
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.....Diarrhea....Diarrhea..I rember this one..😂
allusium@reddit
When you’re sliding into first and your pants begin to burst?
trahnse@reddit
76 and I knew it. My 77 husband did not!
On the failure of society, a few years ago I was behind a school bus. I was so excited for the kids in the back to flip me off. I was gonna do it back! They barely glanced at me. It was a shame.
rieldilpikl@reddit
I still would’ve given em the double fingers and really let em know I hate them lol I just like flipping little kids off though
rieldilpikl@reddit
“Milk milk lemonade, around the corner fudge is made.” “Up your butt and around the corner.” “I don’t shut up, I grow up. And then your mother comes around the corner and licks it up.” Why was everything ‘around the corner’? Never noticed that until now haha. But I know I’m forgetting a lot of other insult/sayings we all said in grade school tho
AutumnBlossomGal@reddit
58, grew up in Pennsylvania. Knew this immediately. My English husband (65) also knew it.
sanityjanity@reddit
Ask them who Robin Williams is
andeewb@reddit
Living in Germany, grew up in Namibia in the 70s and 80s: never heard that.
JessicaGriffin@reddit
Pacific NW, never heard it. Mid-70s.
ms5h@reddit
Western NY 1970s. Yeah heard it. Don’t think my kids are missing out not knowing it.
CityDweller26@reddit
Born in ‘71. SW PA. We definitely knew this. I think I taught it to my kids?!
Reynardine1976@reddit
1976, did this rhyme on the bus!! I think it's a bible belt thing, this was in Florida.
blackandbluegirltalk@reddit
Nah, we said it in California. There's comments from England. This comment section is a fascinating split! I love when this happens.
standsure@reddit
I have no idea what this is.
Not a thing in southern Aus.
gmhelwig@reddit
Where were you that you heard this?
doublenostril@reddit
I only know it from Inside Amy Schumer. ☺️
https://youtu.be/k7rseX-Tbak?si=4X8KSQ3TuMmigw1d
Camp7thGrade@reddit
I was looking for someone to reference this! But you need the full version! 🥛🥛🍋💩
https://youtu.be/HeiSx5MNDvg?si=5Qbld-PGcz8wd6ag
AnonomissX@reddit
Grew up in Southern California-I never heard this...feels bad, man...
No_Apartment_4551@reddit
In England, ‘round the the corner, chocolate’s made!’ and you had to point to the relevant locations. 🤣
DreamyVivix@reddit
Exactly with the pointing but we said ‘round the corner, fudge is made! Ohio kid 😊
eyesRus@reddit
Same in Iowa.
TwistyFidget@reddit
Same in Philly
moopet@reddit
I asked my partner if she knew it (she's Scottish) a year or two ago, with demonstration, and she looked at me like I should be on some sort of list.
jamesca273@reddit
And a twist of the hip to turn the bum around slightly.
moopet@reddit
Yeah, I remember that hip turn part now you mention it.
CADman0909@reddit
73, TX. No idea
fuckyeahcaricci@reddit
I taught my son that poem as early as possible. We have a video of him being asked “what happens when you go around the corner?” He wasn’t even two but he knew. Oh, he knew! He’s no longer a teenager but I did right by him and he knew damn well that once you go around the corner fudge is made!
ReticentBee806@reddit
1974 baby from California... this post is the first time I'm hearing of this
theimmortalgoon@reddit
Oregon, never heard of this.
Is it an East Coast / European thing maybe?
eyesRus@reddit
Definitely heard it in the Midwest, 80s.
Rubberfootman@reddit
1973, northern England….
Round the corner, chocolate’s made.
GeordieAl@reddit
1972 Northumberland “round the corner, chocolate cake”
socksmum1@reddit
Fat notth QLD Australia we say the same
EVILtheCATT@reddit
Turn the corner, fudge is made! How do people not know this?🤔
GeordieAl@reddit
Was always “round the corner, chocolate cake” in my neck of the woods
North-Country-5204@reddit
Huh?
2ride4ever@reddit
1970s, East Coast 😂 My brothers still get a kick taunting me (the only girl) with that. We're all in our 60s
EVILtheCATT@reddit
1980’s, Southern California. It was all the rage in my 3rd grade class.😅
Chigrl13@reddit
Gen X and have never heard it in my life.
RjBass3@reddit
Not have I. Born in 74
HairyHorseKnuckles@reddit
76 and it was all over my school
Competitive_Prune108@reddit
Don't know what your talking about. Upstate NY then central Texas for the past 30 years
Substantial-Spare501@reddit
I’m, you forgot “around the corner fudge is made”. It helps to provide context. So yes you failed them.
_teach_me_your_ways_@reddit
Genuinely, without this part I had no idea wtf he was talking about. Haven’t heard this in forever
Bratbabylestrange@reddit
Denver--never heard that. Which is a plus
little_boots_@reddit
i definitely remember it - but i gotta say it’s gross and i don’t mind it fading away
Strange-Ad1387@reddit
1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba, yes....we were also " playing my hairy banjo"
suzsid@reddit
Yep - turn the corner, fudge is made. I think it was in a Judy Blume book or something. It was also a bit on Family Guy.
TrailerTrashQueen@reddit
West Coast - we knew it.
smokemirrorsunicorns@reddit
huh????
Sorry_Challenge_4179@reddit
Just an icky thing to say 🤢
Prudent_Charge_8101@reddit
just plain neat!
Any_Scientist_7552@reddit
Huh?
West_Inside_3112@reddit
You just perfectly articulated my response.
Existing-Secret7703@reddit
What? Baby boomer here.
ALPHAETHEREUM@reddit
Now, now, please make yourselfcomfortable. Would you like milk milk lemonade ?
Existing-Secret7703@reddit
Sorry! Just saw this is Gen X sub!
ytuux@reddit
fouhay@reddit
54, Australian. Have no idea what you're talking about.....
sickiesusan@reddit
59F + English, I’ve no idea either …
Current_Fly9337@reddit
44 English. I knew it. You point to your body parts as you say it, milk (boobs), lemonade (whatever part you have to pee from), round the corner chocolates made (point to bum)
sickiesusan@reddit
Well you learn something new every day, now I’m going to worry it’s early onset (59F)!
Current_Fly9337@reddit
Ha. To be honest I had completely forgotten about it until I seen this post. Just told my 13yr old son and he said ‘you were a weird kid’ 😂
sickiesusan@reddit
Times have changed!
M0BBER@reddit
I didn't know about it until the '90s... When I was in college. Some people knew it, others didn't
FearTheReaper73@reddit
OP a bit of a patronising ass… it’s not because someone doesn’t know something you know that they are stupid.
nice1bruvz@reddit
Think you mean “my milkshakes”.
CasualHornet@reddit
Things like this need a data analyst to make one of those infection maps with different sized red or green dots for where ppl respond from.
Use-Variant@reddit
Wut?
britelyph@reddit
Grow the fuck up!
You have children? Oh geez.
Tipitina62@reddit
Georgia 1960 - blank stare
Starry-Dust4444@reddit
Lonely_Apricot_9441@reddit
Ohio born 1966. I’ve never heard of this one…
IDontStealBikes@reddit
Have no idea what you mean
ANTICONSPIRATORIAL@reddit
Clueless. 1973 South Carolina.
griff_girl@reddit
Ditto. Maryland, NYC, Oregon.
Zip. Zilch. Nada.
Time_Strawberry8199@reddit
Yes. GenX. West Coast.
Frenchieaunt@reddit
Turn the corner, fudge is made!
wetwater@reddit
Since some people don't know the glory of this chant, I present it for all to be educated:
Milk, milk (point to nipples)
Lemonade (point to crotch)
Turn the corner (turn partially around)
And fudge is made (point to butt)
Stick it up the little hole
And now you've got a Tootsie Roll!
SkinTeeth4800@reddit
I never heard that in Minnesota.
What I DID hear was "Push the buttons, pull the chain, out comes chocolate choo-choo train!"
Not often, though.
AbeFromanSassageKing@reddit
Chicago here, that was the last line in the "poem" for us too. We also pointed to body parts for each line 😎
PM_meyourGradyWhite@reddit
Both
RealityDependency@reddit
Minnesota also. Never heard your or OPs. 😔
whuaminow@reddit
Minnesota, '72 yes, this was well known, the version common around me ended - stick your finger up the hole and you've got a Tootsie roll.
domesticatedprimate@reddit
You're doing God's work.
tammyreneebaker@reddit
Never heard it. 1972 born.
Unique-Sock3366@reddit
Same on both counts! 🙋🏼♀️
j_mcr1@reddit
Heliotrope88@reddit
Born in eastern US in 77, I remember this one.
Short-Personality398@reddit
I’m Gen X and I have no clue what you mean with milk, milk, lemonade
BubbhaJebus@reddit
It's more effective if you point at your nipple, other nipple, then crotch as you say it.
Short-Personality398@reddit
Jeez. I still don’t get it
herringonthelamb@reddit
Seriously? I'd never heard it either but come on...
Short-Personality398@reddit
Does it mean my vag is lemonade?? I’m confused and you think I should understand and I don’t?
BubbhaJebus@reddit
It's what these body parts produce.
Short-Personality398@reddit
It’s literally so stupid
BubbhaJebus@reddit
Yes, it's stupid, as is the scatological humor of kids.
herringonthelamb@reddit
I know but doesn't it remind you that there was once a simpler time when being silly was ok?
herringonthelamb@reddit
Of course it's so stupid. Like not even funny. But if you're 8....bwahahaha
bizzybaker2@reddit
Breasts produce milk. Urine comes from the the urethra and is yellow like lemonade, hence pointing at the crotch area
Short-Personality398@reddit
Thank you for explaining something so ridiculous I’m thinking it never should have been a post
eat_a_burrito@reddit
I had no idea either.
augustwest30@reddit
Around the corner fudge is made.
Fun-Professional-581@reddit
Sticky finger in the hole, take it out a Tootsie roll!
ViewfromMyOfcWindow@reddit
Same...
LHCThor@reddit
Never heard of it.
Twayblades@reddit
It's on an episode of Will and Grace, it's friggin hilarious.
Capricorn75@reddit
51, Kentucky. I only know it from a Will & Grace episode.
Tough_Difference9935@reddit
Roofofcar@reddit
NSW AU?? I really thought this was a California thing. Do you know what was up Richard Gere’s butt as well?
Tough_Difference9935@reddit
Yep, Au.
OMG the Hamster thing.
Was it a hamster? I don't think we said Richard Gere though, but I can't remember who we said, I do know the story changed every few years.
Roofofcar@reddit
It’s so crazy how things spread so far before the internet. I mean, were there lots of international travelers spreading such myths? Was it raunchy pen pals?
Just wild. I’d always assumed, having grown up less than 20 miles from Hollywood, that we got the silly celeb rumors, but others didn’t.
Tough_Difference9935@reddit
I was saying that to my kids recently, pre internet we still got information. Magazines, people travelling or moving countries too I suspect - stuff with kids spreads so quickly! The raunchy pen pals is a possibility as well - we were left home alone a lot haha
I do like that we don't have to wait a minimum of 12 months to have a movie in the cinema here after you guys got it though.
Roofofcar@reddit
I’m just glad that I get to enjoy such Australian exports as Utopia, Upright and The Hard Quiz.
Also, my first cousin is one of the members of The Chaser.
Tough_Difference9935@reddit
We do have some good shows for sure. Lots more that no one outside here would get though as we have a fairly unique sense of humour. Less so as the world becomes more globalised.
I just picked up my 15 yo and her friend. Neither knew the rest of the phrase and weren't sure whether to be horrified or amused when I told them 😂
justbecauseican1969@reddit
I heard gerbil, and the rumour was because hamsters have claws but gerbils don't.
Which I now know to be untrue, but as a child...
youjumpIjumpJac@reddit
Nope. Not a California thing.
BwDr@reddit
Hamster in a baggie
honeyheart7350@reddit
Early 70s, F no clue what you are saying. .
No-Perspective872@reddit
Me either!
JonnyredsFalcons@reddit
...round the back chocolates made
Odd-Adagio7080@reddit
Oh man, I made sure to teach that one to my daughter when she was young enough to appreciate the hilarity.
Specialist_Stop8572@reddit
Round the corner, fudge is made!
caroline0409@reddit
It’s chocolate in the UK.
MiloIsTheBest@reddit
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh I thought I was in the 'don't know it' camp but this reminded me.
Yeah I know this. Haven't thought about it in like 20 years though lol.
No_Adeptness_8254@reddit
I grew up in Canada and am familiar with this.
canuckalert@reddit
Must be an Eastern thing. I'm in Alberta and have never heard of this.
random9212@reddit
I remember it in BC
canuckalert@reddit
Interesting, it's probably just me not remembering.
Prudent_Charge_8101@reddit
i don’t know what the f that means.. Signed PNW ‘88
DasBus2002@reddit
OMG! I haven't heard this since I was a kid!!
joeythemouse@reddit
It's basic biology. I fear for our children's future.
jamesca273@reddit
49 Newcastle, know it will.
ThrownAway17Years@reddit
When someone tells me that something is around the corner, I always ask if it’s next to the fudge store.
KaligirlinDe@reddit
Never heard of this before until now. 59, SoCal born and raised.
TheWuziMu1@reddit
60, NorCal born and raised and I know this quite well.
DS3M@reddit
McDonalds is your kind of place
They serve you rattlesnakes
French fries between your toes
Hamburgers up your nose
The last time that I was there
They stole my underwear
McDonalds is your kind of place
real_bro@reddit
Looks like a Shel Siltstein poem.
TheSpitalian@reddit
Silverstein
Loisgrand6@reddit
I’ve heard that one
_www_@reddit
I'm french and WTF?
Quality_Cabbage@reddit
UK midlands, 57. I know it. I also remember a song which had a similar pointing-at-rude-bits theme. It went "bum, titty-tit, bum titty-tit, play the hairy banjo".
TheSpitalian@reddit
We said it when I was a kid! Grew up in Texas. 🤷🏼♀️
foxyfree@reddit
I am 53 year old, USA. I have never heard this expression.
BaphometsTits@reddit
"Milk, milk, Lemonade. round the corner, fudge is made." You have to point to each of your breasts, your pee-hole, and your ass while doing it.
Away_Ad_5390@reddit
TY
Electronic-Day5907@reddit
Milk milk lemonade. Round the corner fudge is made.
bayoujac@reddit
I've known this one for ages! 54; I lived in Texas, Germany and Louisiana in my elementary years
Suspicious_Hotel_908@reddit
I'm my 40's. Have no clue what this means .
JimBowen0306@reddit
I’m sorry, I have no idea what you’re referring to.
irish506@reddit
Never heard this. 51 in US
CaliGrlforlife@reddit
57 and NorCal born and raised. Never heard this in my life. Gerbils, yes. 😆😆😆
Spideral1@reddit
Dude! My wife and I are only 3 years apart and she had NEVER heard that!! 39 and 36 are like two different generations for some reason. We had drastically different cartoons we watched, movies we liked that the other had NEVER heard of. Grew up about 2 1/2 hours apart.
Informal-Tour-8201@reddit
57 and Scots
Haven't got a clue
LifesABeach8888@reddit
US - Gen X here. Not a clue, never heard it before
soncam99@reddit
52 🇬🇧 I know this 😂😂
Quiet-Competition849@reddit
Nah man. You are screaming nonsense at them. They now have their own nonsense to act scream.
morticianmagic@reddit
I joke with my husband and say this.
Ardvarkthoughts@reddit
I don’t know what that is - Aussie Gen X
frozen_charlotte@reddit
GenX born and raised in Southern California. I still randomly say this to my husband and he gets a titty twister with each “milk”. He gets SO mad every time. 😂
Automatic_Gas9019@reddit
I have never heard that.
Zosopagedadgad@reddit
Say skibidi toilet...
HeyThereItsKK@reddit
Six seven... 🤷♀️
ayfkm123@reddit
Wtf. I cannot ever imagine saying that to my kids. That’s gross.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Get over yourself
ayfkm123@reddit
sure, creep-o, as long as you stay away from children
pepper_999@reddit
Right? I heard that from a bf I had around 2011. I was like uhhh what? I mean it’s kinda funny when a comedian says it with context but yeah NO
QuarrieMcQuarrie@reddit
UK here - 70 born. Popular here lol, chocolate though, not fudge.
NightGod@reddit
First time I heard it was when Karen said it on an episode of Will & Grace /shrug
Love_To_Burn_Fiji@reddit
That may have been where I first heard it also. The visuals were important and it made me howl with laughter with the resulting cringe on the others faces.
SquidLee@reddit
if you don't know now you now, am I rite, do do do da da da
Realistic-Explorer69@reddit
Never heard this. 49, Maryland resident
EmmerdoesNOTrepme@reddit
50, Minnesota, and same!
CoachiusMaximus@reddit
48, lived in nine states all over the country. Totally new to me.
CaptainLollygag@reddit
Never heard this. 56, Texas resident.
DharmaCub@reddit
Round the corner fudge is made!
Carrie_Underpants@reddit
Stick your finger up the hole Out pops a tootsie roll
TheRealHiFiLoClass@reddit
I was scrolling down to see if I needed to add this.
missgiddy@reddit
46, I know exactly what you’re talking about.
HopefulMess3983@reddit
72 y.o. Remember that from my early childhood years in Endicott, NY.
Toydawg24@reddit
My kids know it. My wife and I taught them well haha.
Accurate_Dot542@reddit
My mum use to say it to us, read some different ones on here but she always said "Milk, milk, lemonade, round the corner chocolates made."
ED-DOG92@reddit
Did you tell them that around the corner fudge is made? 💩
Darkhorse_76@reddit
If they banned Walter the Farting Dog book there’s your answer. It’s a societal problem. Too many idiots out there making bad decisions.
MisterRlGHT@reddit
My holiday ritual is to look for a toy store with both a collection barrel for Toys for Tots and a novelty section, whereupon I buy up every whoopee cushion in the place and donate them all. Usually comes to about 15 or 20 units most years. I am not making this up.
Because I believe that children are the future..
_genepool_@reddit
No idea what that means ..
TraumaHawk316@reddit
Milk(breast), milk(breast), lemonade(crotch), around the back fudge is made(butt)
1_am_not_a_b0t@reddit
2nd that
lazytiger40@reddit
I never heard of this until they did it on family guy.
TheCenterOfEnnui@reddit
I would also be staring at you blankly.
Unique-flowerlady420@reddit
I only know it because of family guy
Nonchalant_Rutabaga@reddit
Same
Tru72@reddit
This is a Gen X thread and your wondering why the next generation hasnt heard of it?
I would've thought the title of this thread would be answer enough
HungFuPanPan@reddit
I taught it to my 7 year old. She thinks it’s the funniest thing. My wife was not happy.
seelingkat@reddit
Uk, '73, knew exactly what csme next except we used chocolate not fudge
BananaPrimary8767@reddit
I had to sing it to see how it sounded using chocolate. Too many syllables. Anyone not saying fudge is wrong..
paperandcard@reddit
Because it’s “round the corner chocolate’s made” then it scans properly
seelingkat@reddit
'Round the corner Choclat's made - is how we sang it
InadmissibleHug@reddit
Aussie, ‘72, we also said chocolate.
DoubleDrummer@reddit
I understand what you mean, and I also have a puerile and indecent sense of humour, and yet I somehow cannot bring myself to consider, that amongst all that we have lost, that the fading of this ditty about poo is of any great societal significance.
DeviceElegant4959@reddit
That’s so funny! I said “that’s pretty anal” to my husband at dinner and my teen kid looked at me like I was crazy. I had to explain that meant anal retentive and I still got the eye roll 🙄 heehee 😉
DifferentWindow1436@reddit
I still use that term.
Illustrious_Study_30@reddit
My laser hair lady was talking about doing Brazilian hair removal and said how anal she was about it. I, being the complete child I am, started giggling and now we've agreed she's fussy, not anal because that's far too close to home.
DekaenPyruzhine@reddit
I have always cringed at "that's so anal," because there's a huge difference between someone being "anal" versus "anal retentive."
DeviceElegant4959@reddit
Well listen, if we’re going to talk about anal, it has totally exploded since our day, I mean today everything is about anal. Too much anal going on!
sharty_mcstoolpants@reddit
I’m saving this comment.
Legitimate_Dust_9030@reddit
Beans beans the musical fruit. The more you eat the more you toot. The more you toot the better you feel.
So why not eat beans with every meal.
Theo_Carolina@reddit
beans bean, they’re good for your heart. The more you eat the more you fart.
Ok-Writing9280@reddit
The more you eat, the better you feel
So eat beans at every meal
battery19791@reddit
The more you eat, the more you fart.
The more you fart, the better you feel.
So eat some beans at every meal.
Major-Tension-674@reddit
I thought my three year old that song but without the fudge part so she just sings it all day and it’s funny so we laugh and then she thinksahebisbeing funny so she keeps singing it.
But never any fudge..
Persificus@reddit
We said hot fudge
Reapr@reddit
Interestingly in Afrikaans we have pretty much the same saying, and pretty sure if I said it to my son he would be bewildered
Beautiful-Ad-5667@reddit
Agtet kom die tjoklet uit 😁🤣😅
mechele99@reddit
I’m not familiar with the saying.
ActuaryFew6884@reddit
"There was not a dry eye in the crowd"...SNL season 19 joke involving this
GhostFour@reddit
You should have finished with "around the corner is where the fudge is made".
Valuable-Stock-7517@reddit
Until this I didn’t get it, I’ve heard it but. It wasn’t important enough to remember.
Illustrious_Study_30@reddit
We said chocolate , not fudge. South UK 70S/80s
Be_like_frisbee@reddit
We also said chocolate & not fudge, in South Australia in the 80s.
Difficult-Affect-220@reddit
What?
nbc9876@reddit
No idea
Dense_Amphibian_9595@reddit
U.S. GenX guy here. I have no idea what you’re talking about
hep632@reddit
Maybe it's a regional thing? I've got no idea what you are talking about either.
herringonthelamb@reddit
Yeah I never heard it. Americans love their jingles. I remember when my sons were in grade school there and all the memory aids they learned. Crazy. Almost zero of that when I was their age in Australia. Learn it or fail mate, your choice 🙄
wormil@reddit
I have lived on both coasts, north and south, and traveled all over the US and I have no idea what this is about.
Darkhorse_76@reddit
Or you didn’t have exposure to public school kids.
hep632@reddit
US "public school" or UK "public school"? Because I definitely went to regular public schools in the US through 12th grade. We had filthy mouths, too. Just never heard that.
Dependent_Pipe3268@reddit
Me too. Please explain because not a clue of what you're trying to say?
hep632@reddit
I read some more comments and I think it's referring to lady bits.
Dependent_Pipe3268@reddit
Yeah but why would you be talking to your kids like this? This world just getting worse and worse!
BubbhaJebus@reddit
Usually kids learned the rhyme from other kids.
Acrobatic_Quote4988@reddit
I grew up in NC and have never heard this in my life.
in-a-microbus@reddit
Squeeze the right breast "milk"
Squeeze the left breast "milk"
Grab genitals "lemonade"
Grab gluteus maximus "round the corner fudge is made"
Resident_Pin_6693@reddit
We just pointed, we weren't vulgar or anything
turnipzzzpinrut@reddit
Merce Cunnigham’s actual choreo
WontanSoup@reddit
Now it makes so much sense!
hep632@reddit
Charming.
in-a-microbus@reddit
It was funny when we were 8
sweeteatoatler@reddit
I only know it from the tv show Will and Grace.
Senior-Cantaloupe-69@reddit
Totally lost on this one
CoatSame2561@reddit
What tf?
moramajama@reddit
Just because we learned something as kids doesn’t mean we don’t need to leave it in our childhood.
SerentityM3ow@reddit
I have no idea what you are talking about. Lol
Only_Sherbet_8606@reddit
I remember singing when I was a kid.
Maccaboonda@reddit
Ring around the rosie (plague sores) A pocket full of posies (supposedly to ward off the plague) Hush-a hush-a we all fall down (victims of plague)
Glad I didn't know the meaning of this as a kid
Brown_azucar@reddit
I thought the posies were to cover the scent of death and decay.
katiekat214@reddit
Yes, that’s what the posies are for.
Zardoz__@reddit
Ashes. I have no idea what hush-a is
Fatbloke-66@reddit
We sang "atishoo, atishoo" as though you were sneezing
technoangel@reddit
Ashes, ashes we all fall down. That’s because they had to burn the bodies.
HailSatanWorshipD00M@reddit
Gen MCCCLV ovah heah.
Sunny-Shine-96@reddit
Never heard of it. I'd be surprised if my kid knows it.
judgehood@reddit
“Around the corner the fudge is made.”
That isn’t entertaining anymore. But it’s what your parents/go’s used to say when they were bored.
ThisCromulentLife@reddit
I’m in my 40’s and have no idea what you are referring to.
howdidthisbruiseget@reddit
We didn’t all fail. My kiddo sent me these pics from instagram last week and we had a big laugh about it!
howdidthisbruiseget@reddit
Harbinger_Kyleran@reddit
Thank you, now I finally get it. 😁
mosura1@reddit
I taught my kids this. They asked what was wrong with me.
Maleficent_Region_31@reddit
Same. Add it to the list.
Mumchkin@reddit
Around the corner fudge is made.
linecookdaddy@reddit
I wanna say "no duh" to people who don't know
UrNotMeIAm23@reddit
🤣🤣🤣🤣
SnuggleMoose44@reddit
I would never use that as a way to relate to my kids. That’s a weird one to do that with.
SnooGrapes1102@reddit
Ok last one. Great big globe of greasy grimey gofer guts, Mutilated monkey meat Little birdies dirty feet. French fried eyeballs swimming in a bowl of blood I forgot my spoon But I got my straw! Slurp!!!
Thank you, Ill be here all week!!! And yes part of me is perpetually nine years old!!!
Loisgrand6@reddit
I remember that but the straw part was never said
xiewadu@reddit
Yep! With a few differences.
Little birdy turdy feet -OR- Chopped up baby parakeet.
GroundbreakingRip970@reddit
Little dirty birdie feet
Rahshoe@reddit
Perforated piggy feet
HailSatanWorshipD00M@reddit
After "Mutilated monkey meat" we sang "one half pint of all-purpose porpoise pus".
There was a second part that went:
Horse. Meat. With sugar on top
Elephant vomit, milk and snot
Drink it up (kid's name) it's good for you!
It's got vitamins and minerals too.
ideapit@reddit
Oh my god. I remember my mom singing this or we learned it at school?
PM_meyourGradyWhite@reddit
I only know it up to “guts”.
Artistic-Degree-4593@reddit
Im 47 and I know that one, lol
ideapit@reddit
76 Canadian. I have no idea what this means.
Simple_Song8962@reddit
A girl would point to one of her tits and say, "milk," then she'd point to her other tit and also say, "milk." Then she'd point to her snatch and say "lemonade," because urine is yellow like lemonade. Then, she'd direct your attention to her butt and say, "and this is where the fudge is made" referring to her poop as fudge.
It's just purely nonsense.
TalkAboutTheWay@reddit
Never heard of it. Based in Australia.
Infinite-Floor-5242@reddit
I definitely never heard this.
WildMartin429@reddit
I have no idea what this is from.
Grimegirls@reddit
My kids know it🤣
Bec-o-Bec@reddit
Agggh. I just had that in my head tonight. Creepy that you mentioned it.
Amy Schumer made a music video of this that’s funny
https://youtu.be/k7rseX-Tbak?si=yzbDrGLQ2tmyase-
retatrutider@reddit
This is where my poop comes out. This is where my poop comes out.
the_d0nkey@reddit
Never heard it. Sounds pervy.
ColdObiWan@reddit
Sorry, never heard of this one.
MermaidSusi@reddit
I never heard it before and I am 72 yrs old....maybe a regional thing?
brandibythebeach@reddit
I have never heard that before lol
pdxtee@reddit
I had no clue what this meant until I saw it in the comments. I heard it before, probably during my teenage years. My mom didn’t allow those type of jingles so we didn’t say them.
pbenchcraft@reddit
Michigan - never heard this wonderful chant
Darkhorse_76@reddit
Spent 40 years in Michigan and “turn the corner fudge is made”
littlerosa22@reddit
Western NY; we also said it this way.
Kizzy33333@reddit
Michigan I concur
bronwyn511@reddit
California born 1977 and I have no idea what you are referring to.?
mlachick@reddit
Oregon 1977 and know exactly what they are referring to.
Bad2bBiled@reddit
SAME - a couple years earlier and I know I’ve never heard this in my whole life.
ConstantConfusion123@reddit
Me three.
Never heard this as a kid. First time was reading it here somewhere on Reddit within the past year.
HatdanceCanada@reddit
Interesting…the last part I remember was “press the button [bellybutton] chocolate’s made.”
Drinkdrankdonk@reddit
No, no, no. Milk, milk, lemonade, Around the corner fudge is made
HatdanceCanada@reddit
Interesting. Wrong, but interesting.
Impressive-Health670@reddit
The fact we evolved past a crass, unfunny joke is a good thing.
Look_its_Rob@reddit
Oh yeah cause we are a whole lot less crass now a days.
216life@reddit
^^ sarcasm
Kizzy33333@reddit
Mrs Howell has entered the chat.
Impressive-Health670@reddit
If you’re not then you’re failing at life. This joke was lame when we were children, thinking it was clever enough it should have been passed down is just sad.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
You are fun at parties, arentcha?
Impressive-Health670@reddit
Actually I am, I just finalized plans for our 4th of July party at the lake house that has become a tradition.
The fact I don’t think the lame joke that was aimed at girls who developed early should survive the test of time doesn’t make me boring. The fact you still think it’s funny means you probably have some reflecting to do.
thecrowsallhateyou@reddit
I grew up with the "dirty knees, look at these" one
RealityDependency@reddit
Same..have never heard milk, milk,.lemonade.
Kizzy33333@reddit
I know both in Michigan. We also had one I vaguely remember. It started: They goes Donny floated down the Delaware chewing on his underwear,can’t afford another pair.
RealityDependency@reddit
Apparently, I missed out on most of childhood's dirty songs. Dammit!
Kizzy33333@reddit
There was also this one: Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor doggie a bone. But when she bent over, old rover drove her,cause he had a bone of his own!
AForse@reddit
Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, what are these… in my (UK) corner of the world growing up.
No-Lime-2863@reddit
never heard of this.
holidayoffools@reddit
Based on the comments, I assume this has something to do with micturition and defecation. However, I have also never heard of this.
Tejanisima@reddit
I heard it from The Vicar of Dibley (a drunk character saying it), which didn't start until something like 1994.
Large-Raise9643@reddit
TIL...
sleepy_intentions@reddit
Confused. Grew up in SoCal, although English is my second language.
Horse_Fly24@reddit
Miss Susie had a baby She named him Tiny Tim She put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim!
Kizzy33333@reddit
To the same tune: I woke up in the morning I looked up on the wall. The Gophers and the Skeeters where having a game of ball.
InvestigatorJaded261@reddit
That is familiar, but I have no idea about this milk/lemonade thing.
Ziggity_Zac@reddit
ASL?
Horse_Fly24@reddit
American Sign Language?
Ziggity_Zac@reddit
Test passed.
Horse_Fly24@reddit
It was an anatomy lesson, of sorts.
Milk, milk
Lemonade
Round the corner
Fudge is made!
TJH99x@reddit
Ohhhh, yeah I guess I remember that. Had no clue from OP posting only the first half.
Specialist_Energy335@reddit
1970 NYC never heard of this.
HailSatanWorshipD00M@reddit
Weird. I was born 1970 in Jersey and learned then when I was like four.
Don't ask what comes out when you stick your finger up the hole.
Specialist_Energy335@reddit
🤣
VenusMarmalade@reddit
NY here and I knew!
VenusMarmalade@reddit
Out comes a tootsie roll! 🤣🤣🤣
avoneen@reddit
Huh
Tricky_Rabbit@reddit
Around The Corner Fudge is Made!
Own-Owl-3353@reddit
Once you said that I remembered 🤣
boethius_tcop@reddit
Hahaha - I couldn’t place the saying until I saw it completed here!
Take3_lets-go@reddit
This must be regional.. after reading the explanations as I was clueless from OP. But also rainier beer comes From here is my region and we chanted that as kids.
Frankenstank@reddit
Southern California, 1976, and this was a daily mantra
OrangeIrishEyes@reddit
Milk, milk, lemonade...around the corner is where the fudge is made. Even my 7yo nephew knows this lol.
RepulsiveInterview44@reddit
Xennial that grew up in LA/TX - we said this all the time!
No_Button_1750@reddit
Born and raised in New Zealand. This does sound familiar from my childhood but I can’t remember why.
I-Am-Yew@reddit
Boob. Boob. Below the belt.
Aka body fluids from a woman.
No_Button_1750@reddit
Yes!!!!!! We definitely said this at school with only half an idea 😂
imrickjamesbioch@reddit
😳
Never heard of it… Makes zero sense but to each your own.
ProfessorDull9594@reddit
I’m from Indiana and I said Yay went I went to SF. Lol I wish I could go there permanently.
Rahshoe@reddit
South Bay here, I totally remember singing it as a kid
jennief158@reddit
Same area, same reaction.
neuro_barbie@reddit
I remember learning this from Karen on Will and Grace as a teenager. I never found it NOT hilarious.
blacklab@reddit
Oregon. Is everyone insane?
meski_oz@reddit
We've all died from dysentry
LuvIsAllUN33d@reddit
This is an Oregon Trail reference, right?! Because I had no idea about milk and lemonade (until figuring it out through the comments) and now I’m questioning everything about my youth!
meski_oz@reddit
Yeah, a mid 80s game on the Apple Ii, MS-DOS and possibly Windows
yorkiemom68@reddit
Oregon, I have never heard this until I read the comments. Yuck
CrazyBitchCatLady@reddit
Oregon. Grew up with it. Always wanted to open a fudge shop called "Around the Back"
4Q69freak@reddit
Apparently Loren Bouchard knows it because Gene sings it in a Bob’s Burgers episode
Adventurous_Yam8784@reddit
Add around the corner fudge is made and see what happens
CatoUWS@reddit
I join the “huh?”s here. Would someone explain this please?
wetwater@reddit
Milk, milk (point to nipples)
Lemonade (point to crotch)
Turn the corner (turn partially around)
And fudge is made (point to butt)
Stick it up the little hole
And now you've got a Tootsie Roll!
CatoUWS@reddit
Thanks. I think.
kree-of-gamwich@reddit
referring to what is produced with certain body parts, i.e. boobs = milk, ...
Dianapdx@reddit
I have no idea what that even means. Never heard it before this post.
Kajeke@reddit
Early 60s, Texas. Besides this post, the only time I ever heard this was in the Amy Schumer video. Even then, I was so oblivious that it took me several listens to realize what it alludes to.
quietsilentsilence@reddit
Seems like a ridiculous thing to consider “basic knowledge”. I’ve never heard this and I can’t understand how not knowing it could be considered society failing anyone.
BrightBlueBauble@reddit
Maybe not this schoolyard ditty in particular, but it is kind of sad that so much traditional children’s entertainment has disappeared in favor of shitty kids’ YouTube videos and questionable TikToks.
When I was a kid all the girls seemed to know the jump rope chants (and games), nursery rhymes, ghost stories, and similar common knowledge. These were almost certainly the same ones my grandmother and great grandmother knew as girls. They’re like folk tales—something worthy of preservation.
Bec-o-Bec@reddit
Some of us appreciate comedy.
PRC_Spy@reddit
It was pretty commonly heard at school in the UK when I was a kid. Although the version I heard '.. and round the back's where chocolate's made' ... and ended there.
imjtintj@reddit
NZ late1970s: Round the corner, chocolate's made.
Bx3_27@reddit
That's how I heard it too.
_RLW_@reddit
Born ‘67 in Houston. No idea what OP is talking about.
Either-Cake-892@reddit
Maybe it hadn’t reached Houston yet in 67 cause I’m 76 H town and it was all the rage in 3rd grade.
pdx_via_dtw@reddit
I have NO idea what this means.
Affectionate-Cap-918@reddit
OK, TX, NM, and CO growing up - I’ve never heard of this.
ManyBonus865@reddit
Minnesota here and never have heard this song.
RealityDependency@reddit
Same!
Sea_Voice_404@reddit
Michigan here. I have no idea either.
PM_meyourGradyWhite@reddit
Oregon in the 60’s/70’s was common school ground banter.
cnowakoski@reddit
That isn’t school appropriate
BrightBlueBauble@reddit
I think that’s kind of the point. Kids love potty humor.
Mean-Cheesecake-2635@reddit
Did you tell them where fudge is made?
tasteforwaste@reddit
Round the corner
capthazelwoodsflask@reddit
And if you stick your finger in the hole?
Fantastic-Resist-755@reddit
Is chocolate lane
Honeybadgerposter@reddit
Grew up in SoCal in the ‘60s. I heard it very occasionally, but it wasn’t something my family or the neighborhood kids said regularly.
hamish1963@reddit
Did no one here ever watch Will & Grace?
Karen Walker did a little dance to the full rhyme.
Stunning-Gas9611@reddit
That's the only reason I knew this!
arfur_narmful@reddit
Karen Walker
Sunlight72@reddit
I watched about 1/2 of two different episodes when it was current. The snippets I saw were annoying cartoons of annoying people 🤷🏻♂️
BeulahsPorch13@reddit
Philly…1973…a childhood anthem
lexi_prop@reddit
So Cal here. No idea what this is referring to.
SufficientComedian6@reddit
Same
Comfortable_Put4473@reddit
Same
HatlessDuck@reddit
Nevada too.
2dznotherdirtylovers@reddit
Yeah, 60(f), so cal and west coast, never heard it.
Gonzed98@reddit
Same
Shane4255@reddit
Arizona right next door. No idea either.
catscrapbooking@reddit
Florida here. Definitely sang it. However I'm with a bunch of Michiganers who never heard it.
TopSatisfaction6702@reddit
1975, outside of philly and knew it right away, husband 73 Tucson az, had no idea
BabyKatsMom@reddit
‘63 Chicago and I never heard this before today but I think I figured it out, lol!
halfstack@reddit
Katy Perry actually recorded a version of it almost ten years ago: https://katyperry.fandom.com/wiki/Milk_Milk_Lemonade
demarisco@reddit
What the heck did I just listen too.. Wow.
I honestly cannot fathom why that was unreleased! /s
NoFlower2732@reddit
‘77 Michigan. No clue.
NewsZealousideal764@reddit
https://youtu.be/HeiSx5MNDvg?si=RLNRyKWe3Q3_5slb
nernst79@reddit
You're doing great by not introducing them to dumb toilet humor.
SugarsBoogers@reddit
Amy Schumer did a hilarious sexy song about this. ‘74 Midwest, everyone I know knew this
Cubbance@reddit
I'm genuinely shocked at the amount of people in the comments that are unfamiliar with this!
I remember a sketch from back in my childhood. I don't remember who performed it, and while I assumed it was SNL, I can't find any reference to it. It was a stately British actor, I think, talking about a performance wherein he said:
"Milk, Milk, Lemonade.
Round the corner, fudge is made....
And there wasn't a dry eye in the house!"
His "r" on Round the corner was heavily, dramatically rolled. I remember this made me fucking cry laughing. My brother and I still say the "and there wasn't a dry eye in the house" after things that are really gross or silly.
I wish I could remember where it was from. For some reason, it's stuck in my head that it was Albert Finney, but that didn't bring anything up, unfortunately. It almost definitely had to be from the 80s or early 90s, though. And it wasn't an impression. It was an actual stately British actor lol.
Anyway, long story short. OP, I remember, and I agree that society has failed our children, but it's not too late to teach the classics.
Amazing_Factor2974@reddit
Benny Hill
Todeshase@reddit
But he’d have to be speaking????!!!!
Amazing_Factor2974@reddit
He does speak in some skits.
Cubbance@reddit
That's a good thought. I couldn't find this sketch though. I did find a pretty funny one about a diner, though, and that was worth the search.
BeerDreams@reddit
This sketch is exactly what I thought of when I saw this post. For some reason, I associate it with Mike Meyers? Maybe he was playing a talk show host with this guy as the guest, or maybe he was playing a British actor?
Cubbance@reddit
I know for sure the person who said it was an older British actor, and not an impression, because that was part of what made it so funny. But Mike Myers definitely was on SNL within part of the timeframe that the skit was from (mid-80s to early 90s). So it could have been from that. I was so sure it was Albert Finney, but SNL isn't on his IMDb page. Not that IMDb is error-free, of course. But it was a British actor that is contemporary to Albert Finney, at least. Michael Caine or Dudley Moore didn't come up with anything either.
daurkin@reddit
Amy Schumer’s weekly show on Comedy Central is where I heard a version of it. She made a music video skit.
Cubbance@reddit
Yeah, I've seen that one. The sketch I'm thinking of is considerably older though. Like from the 1980s. It's slightly possible it was early 90s, at the latest.
SelectionWitty2791@reddit
Youngest Xer possible from California. I can’t remember a time I didn’t know where fudge was made.
LeahBrahms@reddit
Has anyone taught them The Game?Because this post maxe me think of The Game!
ToodleButt@reddit
I should down vote you first making me lose
LeahBrahms@reddit
I'm Ancient with plenty, go for it!
MiseryisCompany@reddit
I lost the game
PrincessWarriorWish@reddit
No idea what this means
Leeroywildman@reddit
Round the corner chocolates made.
NatalieBostonRE@reddit
🤔
forfearthatuwillwake@reddit
'77 in Kansas City. A very popular tune back then.
No-Committee7986@reddit
I JUST taught this to my 10yr old who was fascinated and laughed so hard!
chaoticnormal@reddit
1972 New England. Yes we know this one.
SwimmingHand4727@reddit
I was born in 66 and had never heard that before. A girl at work said it one day to me, and I'm like what? Lol
SoundTheBells0509@reddit
‘79. Southern IL. Do not visit the factory ‘round the corner.
epicgrilledchees@reddit
I am surprised that your kids didn’t know that one. Who knows the one that goes
🎼 one little two little three little…
PresidentSuperDog@reddit
So I grew up with it Native Americans but I was reading about the Agatha Christie book and found out that the song was originally about black people. Obviously using non P.C. terms for both peoples.
epicgrilledchees@reddit
Interesting. Here’s what I just learned from looking it up “originated from 19th-century American minstrel shows, with the earliest version, "Ten Little Injuns," written by songwriter Septimus Winner in 1868”
“The nursery rhyme was famously referenced in the original title of Agatha Christie's mystery novel And Then There Were None”
I only remember the chorus.
epicgrilledchees@reddit
I remember singing it in elementary school. But was also in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
wendx33@reddit
MN born in '66 here, I know it 😹
otbnmalta@reddit
Elder GenX, Mid-Atlantic. I'm not familiar with this phrase
Dismal-Mastodon-8359@reddit
53 years old and no idea what this is.
shamashedit@reddit
Around the corner...
rgnbull29@reddit
75er upper Midwest, no clue
sandsonik@reddit
Don't know this one
Reference_Freak@reddit
Mid-70s east coast and I find you as unintelligible as the youngins.
brapstoomuch@reddit
80s kid, heard and sang it all the time!
punkybluellama@reddit
Australia. 1972. I’m well aware of what is made around the corner ….
Leesiecat@reddit
Born early 60’s in Arkansas. Never heard this until now.
What is it supposed to mean?!?
ProtozoaPatriot@reddit
Milk, milk (Point to breast & breast ) Lemonade (your crotch) Around the corner (your butt) fudge is made
Leesiecat@reddit
Thank you for the explanation and I hope to never hear it again 😹.
Prudent_Falafel_7265@reddit
Credit: William Shakespeare
Medical-Resolve-4872@reddit
I heard it once on Will and Grace and couldn’t stop laughing. Brought back a priceless memory.
arfur_narmful@reddit
Karen Walker
hamish1963@reddit
https://youtube.com/shorts/TPzvQlvWmj4?si=LrP6rGBHNB0dthoK
I forgot Jack Black was on the episode.
hamish1963@reddit
Yes!
My80sLife@reddit
Age 51, grew up in Memphis. Never heard of this.
eat_a_burrito@reddit
Is this like “Miss Mary Mack”?
craigske@reddit
Who’s letting Mary Mac marry you?
UrbanFuturistic@reddit
All dressed in black
My80sLife@reddit
With silver buttons buttons buttons all down her back back back.
PretendLingonberry35@reddit
Born in 1977, grew up in Western NY...knew it immediately! :)
SalamanderForward461@reddit
'51 California. No idea what you're talking about.
Ok_Still_3571@reddit
1971, Boston area. Learned this from my older brother, born 1961.
lameuniqueusername@reddit
1970, inside 128. I hadn’t heard it in so long that I completely forgot about it. But this post reminded me it was a thing
DisneyDragonfly17@reddit
Western Pennsylvania checking in. I knew it immediately
Both-Mango1@reddit
grew up in kansas, new to me.
First-Stress-9893@reddit
I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Would you care to enlighten me?
TetonHiker@reddit
'51, grew up in Texas. Definitely thought this was hilarious (and sooo naughty) as a kid. We all did!
MsElena99@reddit
‘75, never heard of it either
FfierceLaw@reddit
Born in 1961 in MI, never heard this
HandheldObsession@reddit
Never heard this before
Twizt1Up@reddit
GenX says...read the fucking room, jackass
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Huh?
Twizt1Up@reddit
Dude, we're in the Epstein era. If the kids make the same sing-song that's fine. If you, as an adult, do the same ? You're creepy AF . Read the fucking room
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
You need to seek help dude. I’m telling you this for your own good. Talk to someone - a professional
Adamcp2013@reddit
Great green globs of greasy grimey gopher guts Mutilated monkey meat Chopped up little birdies’ feet All topped off with All purpose porpoise pus And I don’t have a spoooooon!
(Or a fork!)
[Seriously? With all the things I could have remembered from my multiple decades on this planet, THAT is what flies right off the tongue. Really?]
Pristine_Eye7197@reddit
Ours was: 15 miles of greasy grimy gopher guts, Percolated monkey meat, Dirty little birdy feet. Ground up eyeballs floating in a pool of blood, Whoops - I forgot my spoon (so now YOU have to eat it)!
Amazing how many variations there are! I sang that with great gusto. & now it’s stuck in my head for the night.
Adamcp2013@reddit
I think we may have uncovered a seriously excellent and previously unknown version of the game a “telephone”. I wonder if we had a map of the different versions, we might see porpoise pus gradually transform into French fried eyeballs as the song traveled geographically!
nofishies@reddit
We did not have the porpoise pus
Adamcp2013@reddit
Thank goodness you didn’t!
B0Nnaaayy@reddit
mom taught me this one! Our version "had the chopped up baby parakeet."
She also taught me about the books- Under the Bleechers by Seymour Buts and A Tiger's Tale by Claud Balls
Adamcp2013@reddit
I heard the parakeet version, too!
Anon_lurker777@reddit
New Jersey- Great green globs of greasy grimy gopher guts, mutilated monkey meat, chopped up birdie feet, french fried eyeballs rolling down the dirty street, that’s what we eat for lunch…without a spooooon!
CDubs_94@reddit
I remember it like this.
Green globs of greasy grimy gopher guts, little birdies dirty feet, French fried eyeballs swimming in a pool of blood and I forgot my spoon. So they gave me spit spat blood on top, monkey vomit, elephant snot. All this stuff is mixed with poo...and served on a bun...just for you!
Its amazing the stupid shit you remember from childhood.
BubbetteGA@reddit
In Georgia, ours was “Great big gobs of greasy grimey gopher guts, mixed up monkey meat, dirty little birdies’ feet, eye balls rolling, rolling down the street, and me without a spoon…but I’ve got a straw!’
Disastrous-Food-9223@reddit
I’ve heard greasy grimy gopher guts. Not the rest
GallopingFree@reddit
I learned “Great green globs of ooshy goody granulated green and purple gopher guts…”
LadyBertramsPug@reddit
Same start, but then it was Dirty little birdie feet, French fried eyeballs floating in a pot of blood, That’s what we’re having for lunch.
(And, yes. I would happily forget this.)
vermiciousknid@reddit
Um ackshuallky that’s “little babies dirty feet , French fried eyeballs rolling the muddy street, mom I forgot my spoon”
PutridWorth938@reddit
Words a little different, but used to sing that on the way to the mess hall at boy scout summer camp every year
Ok_Initial_2063@reddit
TX. Never heard of it. 80s kid
AmberGlow@reddit
I'm also Texas, born in 1980, and everyone knew this in my elementary school. Lol. (I grew up in the DFW area)
Ok_Initial_2063@reddit
Ah. We were in a different part of the state.
pixiebaby1972@reddit
I’ve never heard this before. ‘72 here. Maybe it’s a regional thing. Either that or I’m out of the loop lol.
Sunlight72@reddit
Same. Never heard of this.
Mr_Feces@reddit
77 Midwest, heard it all the time and I didn't even understand the milk milk part in grade school because breast feeding was substantially less common in the 80s in America than it is now or (I would assume) pretty much any time in human history.
Famous_Cookie_7624@reddit
In my 50s. Grew up in NY. Never heard this 🤷♀️
Responsible_Side8131@reddit
Ct. Born in 1967. Never heard this
AmberGlow@reddit
Texas, DFW area, born in 1980. Everyone in my elementary school knew this rhyme.
Wrong_Duty7043@reddit
Never hear this before
ivanadie@reddit
66’ Definitely heard it many times growing up! Kentucky.
DidelphisGinny@reddit
Count me in. Grew up in Southern California.
Rare_Magazine_5362@reddit
“Milk, milk, lemonade” sounds like the chant of an abusive postpartum older sister.
zaphodmonkey@reddit
(Blank stare)
Only_Presentation758@reddit
Same
Rare_Magazine_5362@reddit
https://i.redd.it/9gjgox42m2wg1.gif
ThisMomIsAMother@reddit
No clue. Illinois ‘67
Marizo12@reddit
Never heard it and sorry I did now. 😑
falsifiable1@reddit
50 Missouri. Never heard of it
Mike_R_NYC@reddit
I grew up in New York and have no clue what milk milk lemonade means.
DeviantHellcat@reddit
I grew up in New Jersey and I do. 😂
Adamcp2013@reddit
New York and I do (Queens)
marmalademango72@reddit
1972 - New Jersey, first time I’m hearing this
ljinbs@reddit
No clue. California native since ‘67
blackhorse15A@reddit
New York State. I know where fudge is made
Ilfor@reddit
Had to read the comments to recall what you meant. Yeah, I remember, but that was 50 years ago in grammar school, so cut me some slack.
xiphoid77@reddit
Is this thing specific to a certain region of the USA? From Philly area here and never heard of it.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Apparently not - read the comments - it’s weird. Different places in the U.S., and at least a few international as well. Never thought it was this different
MissManda237@reddit
Funny, I just randomly said this today to my dogs😆. Almost 50 y/o and I still giggled.
Puzzleheaded_Tank338@reddit
This woke generation is taking away our fudge factories and doesn’t even get when “me put pee-pee in your Coke!”
blackhorse15A@reddit
"....and I'm a mixed up kid"
Build68@reddit
Some of the “before” knowledge needs to remain with the elders.
puddycat20@reddit
I'm mid 40s and I think the only time I ever heard of that was a Family Guy episode from 25 year ago.
Todeshase@reddit
Holy wow. Yes, society has failed your children. I think Amy Schumer & Method Man said it best.
sourhotdogsalad@reddit
Thank you for sharing. I love the internet fo gem like this. That’s 2:30 of my life I’ll never get back, but I’m a better man for it.
ImAnOldFuckSoWhat@reddit
‘65 Illinois. Never heard this before.
Least-Set-5289@reddit
Never heard it in Australia since '68.
Least-Set-5289@reddit
Never heard it in Australia since '68.
AMom2129@reddit
It's disgusting, so...they weren't going to learn it from me.
hugatree2023@reddit
No idea what you’re talking about. Born in ‘73 on the west coast
NotEasilyConfused@reddit
I've never heard this, either. '72, Midwest.
Beneficial-You663@reddit
Midwest ‘71. Never heard this.
MommyXMommy@reddit
'73 Chicago Suburbs. Never once have I heard it.
Pristine_Eye7197@reddit
‘72 Detroit suburbs, never heard it
DeepGreenThumbs@reddit
Yep, '73, West Coast, no idea.
whygrowupnow@reddit
69 and no clue
PrestigiousTail1926@reddit
Arizona here. Heard it a lot in the 80s. Not from my parents though so I’d say society has failed. It’s probably a combination of both cuz I don’t think I ever taught it to my kids either.
echo1981@reddit
Michigan and I was just telling my daughter and niece both 15🤣 equally unimpressed.
skdnn05@reddit
Michigan. Never heard it lol
Grendeltech@reddit
I only know what you're talking about because it was once referenced on Family Guy. I can only imagine how, umm, hysterical it would be to actually do this in real life 🙄
MiseryisCompany@reddit
My kids and I have been doing this for years. Just comes every few months
OhForFuchsSake@reddit
Hey left ball!
SizzleanQueen@reddit
Gen X from Georgia here. Heard this nonstop growing up!
Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit
Was from the same. Never heard it. Early GenX
maizeymaze@reddit
lol this exact thought occurred to me randomly when I was walking to work last week. Why, I do not know, but I’m glad I’m not alone 😂
ravenx1979@reddit
This also recently happened to me and my kids. They told me I was disgusting.
HeyMzWilliamz@reddit
It made the rounds in Idaho back in the day.
Todeshase@reddit
lol. Made the rounds… to where fudge is made?
Past_Walk_3605@reddit
Born in Minneapolis 1969 heard this and said this all the time in early grade school with the pointing to body parts as well.
leggyblond1@reddit
Born 1967 in SoCal and I've never heard it before.
sitewolf@reddit
not knowing a goofy elementary school joke isn't failing anybody
"around the corner fudge is made"
PerfectChard4439@reddit
Around the corner fudge is made! That was a jam back in the day!
Rylos1701@reddit
I’m born in 1981, only know that bc of family guy
IWantALargeFarva@reddit
I was born in 81 also. We said this a lot as kids.
Ancient-Eye3022@reddit
1978 - Florida, no clue
Experimental_Salad@reddit
Explain to them what a queef is and watch their heads explode.
Onyx_Lat@reddit
I had to explain that to my mom. Twice. Because she forgot after the first time.
Serious-Mongoose-387@reddit
heard it all day every day in the 80s
NorthFLSwampMonkey@reddit
Pennsylvania. Nope.
RustyDogma@reddit
54, I thought I misunderstood a lyric in a Kelis or Beyonce song. Never heard that phrase before today.
lorelie53@reddit
Pennsylvania, born 1968, I heard it often as a kid.
Comprehensive_End751@reddit
Said it the other day to my 11 yo. Had to educate her
Starbreiz@reddit
A loaf of bread, a container of milk, a stick of butter
Onyx_Lat@reddit
I still quote this today lol
TallStarsMuse@reddit
Huh. That one sounds vaguely familiar, while milk milk lemonade does not. What’s it from?
Starbreiz@reddit
It's unrelated to OPs rhyme but was the first thing that popped in my head in response.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNghp9tPXjo
TallStarsMuse@reddit
Awwww! I do remember that! I was such a fan of Sesame Street.
Grouchy_Vet@reddit
It’s from Sesame Street
AntheaBrainhooke@reddit
Memory unlocked!
Starbreiz@reddit
:) it's what immediately came to mind as I was not familiar with the rhyme in the post
ZettaiGeek@reddit
Born '67 in Japan...grew up in Hawaii and Japan and have never heard this saying.
Len_Zefflin@reddit
Never heard it in Canada either.
SLevine262@reddit
California, late 60’s. 63F.
KPinCVG@reddit
60sF, grew up in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana
Not sure how or where I heard the saying but it's part of my core memory now.
Aernak@reddit
Never heard this
2014Subaru@reddit
Around the corner, fudge is made
New_Succotash2500@reddit
Utah here, definitely heard that as a pre-teen.
Lanky-Antelope7006@reddit
Born in 1966. Early Gen X. No clue.
pagit@reddit
'67 no friken clue
Jon_Hanson@reddit
Never heard of it.
PsychologicalOwl608@reddit
Society. Everyone is so uptight nowadays.
The lemonade and dairy lobbies worked hard to wipe that rhyme off the face of the earth. But it wasn’t until the fudge lobby threw their weight behind the effort that it faded into obscurity.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Ah yes, the tootsie roll ledger. Sad times
rlr0718@reddit
Farted into obscurity? Lol
Resident_Pin_6693@reddit
Big Fudge strikes again.
CocaineSmellsFunny@reddit
I heard it plenty in Louisiana. In 17 years, I don’t believe that I’ve ever heard it Kentucky
mechamega@reddit
Round the corner…
Qu33nM1n10n@reddit
West coast, born in 74. No clue what you just did there…
leesyluuluu@reddit
Central Texas. And Arizona Never heard it.
OneNineRed@reddit
Houston, born in 76. I have this.
LisaLisaPrintJam@reddit
56, FL, I'd stare blankly too
Strange-Employee-520@reddit
Grew up in Massachusetts in the 80s, no idea.
Sikntrdofbeinsikntrd@reddit
Same, 90’s. Know it well
RealisticYoghurt131@reddit
Coffee, tea, sodapop, pee
makomark26@reddit
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Yeah - that was the look
makomark26@reddit
Funny how parents go from cool to the uncoolest wierdo squares back to cool in a lifetime
Express_Grape_3818@reddit
58 years old and never heard of this. Now if you had said milk and Pepsi.... that I know! Laverne's favorite drink.
Zivata@reddit
I remember drinking that as a kid. I haven't had it in decades and can't imagine drinking it. It sounds awful.
Equivalent-Hair-961@reddit
58, NYC I heard this plenty. Lol
Zivata@reddit
NH, doesn't sound familiar
FadingOptimist-25@reddit
Minnesota. Never heard it as a kid. I think spouse’s family told me about it.
Quick search said it’s a jump rope rhyme or hand clapping song from the 1960s.
69swamper@reddit
Never heard this and I am from the south
Jackveggie@reddit
What ya doing, eating chocolate, where’d you get it, doggie dropped it. @ 1962 Dallas Tx kid. Same era as milk milk….
Melekai_17@reddit
Yep I know that one. How about this one? :
Whatcha doin’?
Chewin’ chocolate
Where’d ya get it?
Etc.
Grew up in MI.
Educational-Dirt4059@reddit
Round the corner fudge is made! 53F grew up in Midwest
tweetysvoice@reddit
Same age same location same silly rhyme! 😂
NahNah-P@reddit
Never heard this and I'm 54, so maybe it's not as common as you think?
redwbl@reddit
64M Lived SoCal, Minnesota, Ohio and now Arizona……never heard of it. Must be too damn old I guess. get off my lawn.
kitchengardengal@reddit
70f, heard this as a kid growing up in California and Ohio.
Ziggity_Zac@reddit
47 lived in So Cal, Washington, Georgia, Oregon, Nebraska, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas, Maryland, Florida, Tennessee
I understood this.
Also - South Korea for like 1 year...
Fine-University-8044@reddit
Gen X from the UK, and I seem to remember pointing to various parts of my anatomy while saying this.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Australia first, now corroborated evidence from UK - our nonsense is officially worldwide people. I applaud this!
Tasia528@reddit
I heard this over and over from the neighbor kids when we lived in Hawaii.
lisaann03071961@reddit
Yeah, I think that's one of the things from Generation Jones that should have died.
As I learned it (girl)
Milk! (Pinch nipple) Milk!(Pinch next nipple) Lemonade! (Pinch front crotch) Around the corner, fudge is made! (Jam finger up butthole)
This is not a good memory.
ut7227@reddit
WTAF
hillside@reddit
And I thought Tune In Tokyo was bad.
kitchengardengal@reddit
It's making me laugh. Thanks for the memories.
artlabman@reddit
Kinda like “push the button, pull the chain out comes a lil cho cho train”…..
paddedpothead420@reddit
So you're upset that kids don't remember a dirty song from a few years ago?🙄🤔
Liggidy@reddit
Said it to my wife the other day and she told me I’m an adult now.
My kids did enjoy fatty, fatty, 2x4. Can’t fit through the kitchen door.
TheEnigmatyc@reddit
So Cal, and I can’t remember what I had for breakfast but:
Milk, milk. (Boobs) Lemonade. (Crotch) Round the corner fudge is made. (Butt) Stick your finger in the hole, pull on out a Tootsie Roll. 💩
Euphoric-Let-5599@reddit
Ok, just asked 83-year-old husband and he is like, say what?
Bogside_Bibliophile@reddit
Tootsie roll.
Xer-angst@reddit
Florida. I got you!
Terrible_Status_8984@reddit
Um what? Can someone please explain?
Woody_Roger@reddit
...around the corner, fudge is made!
Terrible_Status_8984@reddit
So is it a stomach song? Thats so weird! Lol.
Local871@reddit
Same. I’m 59 and I’ve never heard this.
Euphoric-Let-5599@reddit
I am 72 and never heard this.
Gullible-Load-9877@reddit
I learned it as an adult from Will & Grace. (CA born). I’m prob your age bc I have teens that also just stare at me.
my-coffee-needs-me@reddit
Older GenX from the Midwest. I heard it a few times. Even as a kid, I thought it was gross.
ILoveUncommonSense@reddit
I mean…it was funny at like 10 when my badly-repressed cousin said it in front of his horribly prudish asshole of a mother.
I don’t know, it might be too gross to be worth keeping. It was OUR gross, but I don’t know if it translates generationally.
eckfrombethel@reddit
Maybe they know where fudge is made
Nole_Nurse00@reddit
I’ve never heard this in my life.
Constant_Coconut7562@reddit
Um
moltenwater@reddit
You failed. Round the corner…
Agreeable_Argument88@reddit
50 Oregon no clue
gchance1@reddit
California here, never heard it. Clueless.
few-piglet4357@reddit
California here.
Round the corner fudge is made.
Avadragon@reddit
I'm 54 in California in the central valley, and I remember kids chanting it.
gchance1@reddit
Age maybe? I'm 56.
Normal_Ad1068@reddit
Age 49 and I learned it
expespuella@reddit
California here.
Stick your finger up the hole, out comes a tootsie roll.
alphaduck73@reddit
This is even a thing in Australia
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Hot damn - international!
jazzbiscuit@reddit
🤨 what????
SenecaLux@reddit
I have never heard of this, and I lived in three separate parts of the country growing up
Pristine_Main_1224@reddit
Arkansas, GenXer (‘75 baby). Never heard it before and I’m not sad about that.
GearDown22@reddit
Huh?
turnipzzzpinrut@reddit
The sole thing I learned in school beyond up your nose with a rubber hose
ladymacbeth999@reddit
Get off my case, toilet face!
TwilightTink@reddit
This one confuses me. Is it just because it rhymes? Or is it actually about getting your stomach pumped?
216life@reddit
Welcome back, kotter!
BubbhaJebus@reddit
Don't know for sure, but I'm positive it originated from Welcome Back Kotter.
turnipzzzpinrut@reddit
It confuses me too, as does calculus, which I ostensibly learned. I believe it refers to having a nasopharyngeal airway placed in an EMS patient. As used in Michigan in the 80s, it meant, boom, you just got dissected
gomper@reddit
Your ma Your pa Your greasy granny got a hole in her panty
Quix66@reddit
Huh? Never heard of that.
I’m from the Gulf Coast if that matters.
pieohmi@reddit
Gulf coast too and never heard it either.
ekimdad@reddit
Never heard this one before.
hapster85@reddit
I've no earthly idea what you're talking about. Lol
ReindeerWise5170@reddit
I’m sorry. I’ve never heard this!
MasterPhilip@reddit
I grew up in Alaska and I know the whole song.
-raymonte-@reddit
They don’t go outside, how are they supposed to know what’s around the corner?
cheyannepavan@reddit
Here's Karen Walker's demonstration for the doctor
Philoscifi@reddit
Holy crap! That’s Jack Black as the doctor.
gchance1@reddit
If I had seen that scene originally I would laugh at it because it was funny, but I would think the show was the source. I never heard of this until just now.
Tinytiger1973@reddit
Perfect! And Jack Black to boot.
kittybigs@reddit
Thank you!
RCM_IFPA@reddit
You must perform the accompanying gestures.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
True, but I’ve probably scarred my kids enough at this point. Don’t want to heap on the pile
PlatypusDependent271@reddit
"Around the corner fudge is made." Both society and you have failed your children.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
My bad
BillOwn17@reddit
Never head this. Older Gen X
Trick-Statistician10@reddit
Me either. OG GenX from Midwest
jlOBJECTS@reddit
gross, stop trying to be cool with your teens.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Dude, fuck off you joyless ass.
Unfair-Invite-2480@reddit
Gen X here from Australia it was common in the 80s at school.
Unfair-Invite-2480@reddit
Milk milk lemonade round the corner chocolates made! That's how it went.
PumpernickelJohnson@reddit
Ain't ya momma preeetty she got meatballs on her tiiitties she got scrambled eggs between her legs now aint ya momma pretty.
SkipSpenceIsGod@reddit
I got nipples on my tiddies as big as the end of my thumbs; got something between my legs that’ll make a dead man come.
Mammoth_Ad_483@reddit
Was there any talk of where fudge is made?
Tinytiger1973@reddit
Why yes, in fact, there was. 😄
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
I felt that it would have been egregious
badhoopty@reddit
remember this one? "chinese, japanese, dirty knees, look at these!"
or the ever popular, (at least in my school) "diarrhea, cha cha cha!"
ladymacbeth999@reddit
People think it's funny, but it's really brown and runny, ha ha ha!
InWaves72@reddit
I didn't know the latter from school, but do remember seeing it on Beavis and Butt-Head
kindcrow@reddit
Did you point at each of your nipples and your peehole when you said it?
I had an only child, so I had to teach her all the things my older brothers taught me so she wouldn't be a freak when she went to school: how to fake burp, how to armpit burp, how to blow bubbles properly with gum, etc.
longipetiolata@reddit
This was the reminder I needed for this
Taranchulla@reddit
Around the corner fudge is made
tranquilrage73@reddit
Staring at you blankly.
in-a-microbus@reddit
Squeeze the right breast "milk"
Squeeze the left breast "milk"
Grab genitals "lemonade"
Grab gluteus maximus "round the corner fudge is made"
Major-Education-6715@reddit
Seriously? That is what this is about? Gross.
NojaysCita@reddit
Yes, in retrospect, but we said this shit when we were 10, 40ish years ago.
Major-Education-6715@reddit
Not in Florida we didn't.
NojaysCita@reddit
Alright. In NY we did. 🤷♀️
CalOkie6250@reddit
Cali did too!
NojaysCita@reddit
Wild that we’re receiving downvotes for simply recalling smtg from our childhood!
CalOkie6250@reddit
Meh, it’s whatever. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but downvotes cannot hurt me!
in-a-microbus@reddit
Agreed
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
You’re truly doing god’s work here - much appreciated
Over_Detective_3756@reddit
How else would they know how fudge is made?
GeoHog713@reddit
I don't see why they're mutually exclusive
Duran518@reddit
My kids saw it all on their own, as I watched Will and Grace. I never said it to them, but Karen took care of that😅😅
honeybutts@reddit
In our elementary school in the 80’s, central Pa.- we took it one step further- “stick your finger in the hole, and out comes a tootsie roll!”
BubbetteGA@reddit
I learned this addition from some neighborhood kids while visiting my grandparents one summer. I brought it home to my little corner of Georgia. My mom was horrified. Hahaha
CompanyOther2608@reddit
Huh?
PossibleDiscipline90@reddit
I would've stared weirdly at you too. I've never heard that in my life lol
Ziggity_Zac@reddit
ASL?
RizzmwitTheTism@reddit
?
DivyaRakli@reddit
58, American West and Southwest.
Heard it a few years ago on an episode of “Chew The Fat” or “Still Game.” Can’t remember which because it’s basically all the same people. My husband and I were SCANDALIZED…and then died laughing.
TIMBURWOLF@reddit
76er here. No fucking clue what you’re on about.
housevil@reddit
I guess the kids are making fudge somewhere else these days.
KittenFace25@reddit
I'm 59 and I have no idea what milk milk lemonade means.
BlackberrySad6489@reddit
47 here. First time hearing of it just now…
BoldBoimlerIsMyHero@reddit
ew.
Ok-Pomegranate2000@reddit
The lack of culture here is astounding
mentalbackflip@reddit
I have no idea what that means. I’m a young boomer.
FoundationCareful662@reddit
Young Boomer and I’ve never heard it
SeaworthinessOk834@reddit
Honestly, I had never heard of this one before the Mr. T Experience album of that name was released.
Poor_Paddy1847@reddit
One of the best Lookout! bands.
SeaworthinessOk834@reddit
Absolutely! Dr. Frank had some great lyrics and hooks.
AngryBagOfDeath@reddit
The two songs I remember from my childhood were:
There's a place in France where the people wear no pants, And a hole in the wall where the men can see it all.
Ol' King Cole was a merry old soul with a buckskin belly and a rubber bunghole.
RavenousAutobot@reddit
Wow, you had the G-rated version.
I had naked ladies dancing, and they were not looking through the hole....
LazyBookworm@reddit
This is absolutely bizarre. Half know it, half don’t
jk_pens@reddit
We didn’t have the internet to cause memes to spread fast and wide
216life@reddit
Easy with the "fast and wide" in this thread
jk_pens@reddit
Hahahaha
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Agreed. Strange split here. Having fun reading everything though!
ChrisRiley_42@reddit
That would seem to indicate it's regional, not "Gen X"
NoTime2fail@reddit
Hell, I've said it recently.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Signal_Contract_3592@reddit
1975 California and no idea what this is
Disastrous-Food-9223@reddit
Jersey—- same
Exotic_Bumblebee_275@reddit
Parent yo damn kids!
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Fair - I’ll get right on it. Thanks
craigechoes9501@reddit
Hmm, 49 from NE KS and I don't know what this is about. Off to Google
Difficult_Cheek_3817@reddit
I'm older GenX and I have no idea what that means.
I_love_Hobbes@reddit
Safe-Dentist-1049@reddit
Society has ! Also do you have a younger brother?that would be their uncle . It is his responsibility to teach your children these silly things
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Fair! No, younger sister. She ain’t about that life
IRadiateYou1999@reddit
‘77 PNW. Definitely said this plenty of times as a child. Takes me back. Reminds me of all of those stupid chants/riddles. “Hello, Operator!”
Illustrious_looser@reddit
There was one that we chanted in first and second grade or so... "kindergarten baby. born in the navy..." there was more. Something about wetting the bed. Don't know where it came from or how it was passed on. We got teased an then teased the newbs.
newhappyrainbow@reddit
Let them watch House of 1000 Corpses… that will clear it up.
pious_platypus@reddit
Elementary school mid 80's it was a thing until 4th or 5th grade, then it died almost over night.
Illustrious_Hair_540@reddit
Ya'll must be from Mississippi or Alabama cause we never said this crap in Jersey
turnipzzzpinrut@reddit
Aqua net is a hell of a drug, illustrious hair
Illustrious_Hair_540@reddit
Turn down not up
erian77@reddit
Lived in Alabama most of my life (50 years or so) and I've never heard this.
pious_platypus@reddit
Actually western Massachusetts.
Firm-Conference-3896@reddit
59M, from southwestern PA, and I’ve only ever heard it on TV.
surfinbird@reddit
A childhood classic!
LostBetsRed@reddit
https://www.spamusement.cc/162.html
ThrowingAbundance@reddit
I would stare at you blankly. So you have a pair of milk?
Adamcp2013@reddit
Scab sandwiches with pus on top Monkey mucous and camel snot Eagles eyeballs and doggy doo Yummy yummy yummy and it’s all for you!
(I have to look up my own social security number, but that little ditty? Memory is perfect for that 5th grade beauty.)
brandysafinegirl@reddit
Oh my kids (20 & 22) know all of them, I taught them to them maybe when they were in late elementary/preteen age. They thought they were hysterical. The only one I didn’t tell them until recent years was “on top of the schoolhouse” which is horrifying now.
Reasonable_Crow2086@reddit
Round the corner...
pejeol@reddit
At least it wasn’t me Chinese, me play joke
216life@reddit
That sounds very familiar but can't remember it. Nice that I'm not alone in my old age
BubbhaJebus@reddit
"Me put pee pee in your Coke"
gobba-gobba-gooey@reddit
Me go pee pee in your coke
Life_Progress568@reddit
This is a common playground one for me early 80s. Amy schummer started saying in specials ten years ago and people thought it was great (people that liked her), like she invented it. It belongs to the people.
TwilightTink@reddit
Definitely know the phrase, glad I didn't learn it from my parents. You need to find your kids a 'bad influence friend' for this kind of stuff. Or a 'cool' uncle/aunt. I just introduced my 8yo nephew to beavis and butthead
DiceyPisces@reddit
I am guilty of teaching my lil grandson “I don’t shut up, I grow up. And when I look at you I throw up!”
Mom not thrilled lol
rlr0718@reddit
Love this
jk_pens@reddit
Hahaha… ours was
Milk, milk, lemonade Around the corner fudge is made Push the button, pull the chain Out comes a chocolate choo choo train
Cubbance@reddit
Ours was
Milk, milk, lemonade. 'Round the corner fudge is made. Stick your finger in the hole, now you have a Tootsie Roll.
jk_pens@reddit
lol nice!
216life@reddit
This better than the other we grew up with! Teach all your grandkids!
HistoryGirl23@reddit
I never heard the second hand, funny!
cyc0s0matic@reddit
daurkin@reddit
https://youtu.be/k7rseX-Tbak?si=lRK7BZpJoUht1zEE is her music video
PurplyHumpbackWhale@reddit
No one seems to have mentioned where and how you get a tootsie roll….
216life@reddit
That's why you have to do the physical performance while you say it.
turnipzzzpinrut@reddit
You stick your finger up the hole, you dope
TwoBitFish@reddit
What about fudge???
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Check around the corner
flower_songs@reddit
Milk, milk Lemonade Around the corner Fudge is made
Stick your finger In the hole And out pops A tootsie roll
216life@reddit
This is exactly how we said it
felisfemina@reddit
Thank you! I could not remember the second part.
karmadoesntwait@reddit
Mid 70s from California and have never heard this until today.
Ok-Veterinarian-4752@reddit
Lou, Lou had an engine….
There once was a man from Nantucket….
Breakfastclub1991@reddit
Me Chinese me play joke…
Adamcp2013@reddit
I am not proud, but I got you.
OldSlug@reddit
I realized I neglected my daughter when I told her about the dialogue in “Confess, Fletch” that cracked me up, and she wasn’t impressed:
Inspector Monroe: We obtained surveillance footage from a store around the corner. Fletch: Where the fudge is made?
216life@reddit
Ok, I have to watch it now
CalOkie6250@reddit
I said that to my daughter (19yo) awhile back, and she said, “WTF is wrong with you? That’s disgusting! How did you even come up with that? Is your brain broken or something?”
BubbhaJebus@reddit
She's 19. Should have told her when she was 9.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Broken, maybe - but in the best way
Genuine907@reddit
I hated this rhyme as a kid. It IS disgusting.
CalOkie6250@reddit
I guess it depends on how seriously you take things. I’ve never been very serious unless I need to be.
NojaysCita@reddit
Exactly! The people replying in disgust are missing the fact that we said this as kids 40+ years ago.
ItsKindaTricky@reddit
Literally just unwrapped a tootsie roll
gen_what_x_ever@reddit
But where did you get it from...🙃
ItsKindaTricky@reddit
A little hole in the wall in the back alley
gen_what_x_ever@reddit
Hahahahaha. Bet it tasted funny.
THE_348@reddit
Standing in line after recess in 3rd grade, waiting to go into class. Got in trouble for doing this and 'Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees... look at these!!'
Went to the principal's office, got spanked. Never forgive, never forget.
z44212@reddit
Some made the ultimate sacrifice so that others could look at these. So the making of fudge could be known to all. Smell my feet and Robin laying eggs are our battle hymns.
THE_348@reddit
I wear my scars proudly, and thank you for your service.
bullgoose1@reddit
Confucius say ...
babydragonsister9@reddit
man standing on toilet is high on pot
gobba-gobba-gooey@reddit
Man with hole in pocket feel cocky
Ahhhh-so
bullgoose1@reddit
... Man who fart in church must sit in own pew/phew
cutlineman@reddit
My dad knew a ton of these. He didn’t make it. None of us will, I guess.
warriortwo@reddit
We had a weird one in grade school where we would point to the row of water fountains and say “coffee, tea, milkshake, pee”
ramblingamblinamblin@reddit
I got you. Yeah - why would kids know that???? How would they remember body fluids without that rhyme? Jerks.
Fun-Professional-581@reddit
Classic!!! Milk, milk, lemonade, Around the corner fudge is made, Stick your finger in the hole, Take it out, a Tootsie roll!
intrntvato@reddit
I never knew the last half! I taught my kids the 1st 3 lines because that's all I knew.
Fun-Professional-581@reddit
Ha! Teaching the classics.
Lopsided_Tomatillo27@reddit
I’d say it’s a failure of society. I didn’t learn that rhyme from my parents.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Good point. I shouldn’t blame myself, obviously society has completely broken down. I feel better. And worse.
9inez@reddit
Never heard it.
StarvationCure@reddit
They'll never know where chocolate is made.
metallicaset@reddit
‘71 GenX here. This is the first time I’ve ever heard this saying.
Nihlisa666@reddit
54 from Cleveland, Ohio. Said this growing up.
slimninj4@reddit
Grew up in Cleveland too. Never heard it.
216life@reddit
Cleveland here too, we used to say it and my gf never heard of it
Mobile-Boss-8566@reddit
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
My bad
Emergency_Rope_9954@reddit
Not a clue and I'm a boomer
phillyphilly19@reddit
Yes you have failed them and Society has failed them.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
My bad
rlr0718@reddit
And I always thought that was really where tootsie rolls came from.
i_am_ttrenae@reddit
No clue what this means and I’m Gen X
ZommyFruit@reddit
Round the corner fudge is made
Rimailkall@reddit
Same, I have no recollection of that.
bunnybates@reddit
This is wicked funny!! 🤣
Intrepid_Practice956@reddit
I remember that one!
Bastyra2016@reddit
I’m totally GenX but I had to ChatGPT this saying as I never heard it
brenawyn@reddit
Pepsi, Pepsi, cheeseburger, cheeseburger
gobba-gobba-gooey@reddit
Cheez boyga, cheez boyga, no Pepsi, Coke
--Uberwench--@reddit
No Cone, Pepsi
Starbbhp@reddit
I’m staring at you blankly as well…
in-a-microbus@reddit
Squeeze the right breast "milk"
Squeeze the left breast "milk"
Grab genitals "lemonade"
Grab gluteus maximus "round the corner fudge is made"
Chickadee831@reddit
Thank you!
21stNow@reddit
I see your blank stare and raise you another!
finally-free2173@reddit
I haven’t a clue.
radiosilents412@reddit
1970 here, Buffalo area but out in the exurbs… never heard that before in my life.
gobba-gobba-gooey@reddit
Milk, milk (gesturing to each nipple)
Lemonade (gesturing to crotch)
Around the back, fudge is made (gesturing to butt)
whatsasimba@reddit
Ours had another line: Stick your finger in the hole, out comes chocolate Tootsie Roll!
guzzijason@reddit
Grew up 30 miles from Buffalo. It was definitely a thing for me growing up.
jbuzolich@reddit
Mid 1970s California suburbs here. Never heard it either.
WatersEdge50@reddit
I’m 57 years old and I have no idea what you’re talking about
Majik9@reddit
50 and lost too
in-a-microbus@reddit
Squeeze the right breast "milk"
Squeeze the left breast "milk"
Grab genitals "lemonade"
Grab gluteus maximus "round the corner fudge is made"
Embarrassed-Oil3127@reddit
54 and usually know all things pop culture and I have not a clue either.
anothercynic2112@reddit
58...also lost. Perhaps they didn't get their cootie shots
Neverending-fantods@reddit
Never heard this either
Bloody_Mabel@reddit
59 here. No clue what OP is talking about.
Ok-Till-5285@reddit
me neither, never heard this before
CookieTX2022@reddit
Boobies and pee pee
WesDetz1443@reddit
And poo poo
Audrey_Angel@reddit
Same
BadHairDay-1@reddit
Ask 'em where the fudge is made & report back, pls.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Well, if they don’t know where milk milk and lemonade are made, then I have my doubts on their ability to decipher where the fudge and/or tootsie rolls are made
crafty-panda523@reddit
I definitely/unfortunately heard this..
It’s a crude joke.. as in, the breasts create milk, and the ‘lemonade’ is urine.
The ending is ‘just around the corner where fudge is made’, for the anus.
missmgrrl@reddit
Thank you for the fun out of this, daaaad!
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Right???
jaimebuggie@reddit
“When you run towards first…” is always a winner. Yes, I am 50 and yes, I’m still a dorky 12yo at heart.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Diarrhea!
BubbhaJebus@reddit
It doesn't work unless you point at the corresponding body parts.
LennyTheCrazyInmate@reddit
Did you make sure to point at your nipples as you said it?
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Oh, perhaps that is where I faltered
barry_pederson@reddit
Oh yeah, now I remember
Chipsandadrink115@reddit
Haha
dart223@reddit
Blinks I only know about a duck and a lemonade stand. Hey got any grapes ?
bk6366@reddit
No, but we serve lemonade -
WillingArm2463@reddit
Do they know what the bechdel test is? For God's sake, what the hell are they teaching them in that school?!
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Right???
Cashie22@reddit
Round the corner fudge is made!
Also, kids today don’t know either “Say it don’t spray it” Nor “Spray me” ( they have “the cheese touch” but no way to deal with it😄
starshapedbox@reddit
Society. It's not a parent's job to teach a child Milk, Milk, Lemonade. I am so sorry. We've all failed here.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Thank you.
Severe_Feedback_2590@reddit
I have no idea what that means.
Legitimate_Top_1425@reddit
I don't either
ShowMeWhatYouMean@reddit
They have no idea where fudge comes from.
Independent-Big1966@reddit
Ive never heards those words put together in a sentence in my life
feckfeckfeck@reddit
I taught this to mine as a very young child. She took it to mean - if you drink milk and lemonade together, you will have to poop.
ChumbawumbaFan01@reddit
We would pinch our shirt and pull it out to simulate a breast under one side of our shirt at milk and the other side at milk then simulate peeling at lemonade. Turn around and point to our butt at around the back.
It was gross.
notsnot1@reddit
"Push the button, pull the chain; out comes a little brown choo-choo train!"
felisfemina@reddit
We said, "stick your finger in the hole, out pops a tootsie roll!"
Algorhythm74@reddit
Oh man….
stereohalo@reddit
My wife and I were hanging out with 3 other couples recently and this somehow came up. All of the guys knew this and none of the ladies did. We’re all Gen X.
Boo-Radleys-Scissors@reddit
Also a Gen X lady. Was unfamiliar with this.
felisfemina@reddit
This Gen X lady knows it!
Boo-Radleys-Scissors@reddit
I guess we cancel each other out.
Artistic-Singer-2163@reddit
I remember that 😄
catbosspgh@reddit
Dammit I hate that I no longer forgot that rhyme existed.
felisfemina@reddit
ChefNo4180@reddit
All I can tell you is that my (now adult) kids would not only know the words but immediately do the dance 😁
dapala1@reddit
staring at you blankly
snackorwack@reddit
We taught our 10-year old this and kid thought it was hilarious. We are cool parents.
Out_of_Darkness_mc@reddit
Is this a regional thing?
HeyKrech@reddit
I hope so cuz I'm 53 and I have no idea what they are talking about.
Out_of_Darkness_mc@reddit
It must be!!
CalOkie6250@reddit
It goes like this…
“Milk, milk, lemonade ‘Round the corner, fudge is made Stick your finger in the hole Now you have a tootsie roll!”
jen_esse@reddit
Yup. Never heard of it. Neither has my partner.
Out_of_Darkness_mc@reddit
My husband hasn’t either but he grew up in the same area as me!
RzrKitty@reddit
Yeah, I have no idea what this is, either.
MorningBrewNumberTwo@reddit
GenX but I have never heard that expression before. Blank stare here too.
Quirky-Buddy1449@reddit
I just blame everything on the Boomers and I’m usually right.
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Fair. Have an upvote
CaptainGreyBeard72@reddit
Never heard as well, Minnesota
chazlarson@reddit
Heard it all the time growing up in east central Minnesota. I'm 64.
HonorableJudgeTolerr@reddit
I hadn’t heard that since I was a kid. I’m also guessing the people that are clueless never watched Austin Powers?
heathers1@reddit
Grew up in PA and this was prevalent in the early 70s
Marino325@reddit
This was always a gross one, IMO.
Any and all education in pop culture and previous generations culture is solely on the shoulders of parents. If they don’t know it, look in the mirror when searching for someone to blame.
My kids have been fully educated in Gen X , and in other generations as I’ve seen fit🤷🏻♀️.
GrowlingAtTheWorld@reddit
Maybe that’s why I don’t know it, I was a late in life child of my parents, perhaps they did not pass it on.
Tinytiger1973@reddit
'Round the corner fudge is made 😄
cats_are_asshats@reddit
Thank you! Who are these people on here????
EIO_tripletmom@reddit
Born in 76. I don’t remember anyone saying it.
felisfemina@reddit
I'm 77 and we said it all the time. Maybe it's regional?
Diligent_Cover3368@reddit
I’m 1969 and have no clue either
Boo-Radleys-Scissors@reddit
‘75 and clueless.
DjinnaG@reddit
I think this was in one of the Austin Powers movies, as I hadn’t heard it until well into adulthood
Little-Jelly-8789@reddit
74 here and no idea either
TexasRN1@reddit
Same
seamuwasadog@reddit
GenX/Jones here - what the hell are you talking about? Consider that my blank stare.
in-a-microbus@reddit
Squeeze the right breast "milk"
Squeeze the left breast "milk"
Grab genitals "lemonade"
Grab gluteus maximus "round the corner fudge is made"
Out_of_Darkness_mc@reddit
Thanks for the explanation! Never heard this until this post!🤣
ThatBrattyKat@reddit
You don't want to know. I wish I didn't
seamuwasadog@reddit
I'll take your word for it.
Algorhythm74@reddit
How have you Gen X’ers not heard:
“Milk, Milk, Lemonade- around the corner, fudge is made.”
Pointing to each breast, then the nether regional, and finally…you guessed it - point to the whootie!
doglady1342@reddit
What?
WontanSoup@reddit
The whootie!
DogLady1722@reddit
Hello DogLady1342! Love the user name!
We sang all of those things on the bus! Milk, milk… Who stole the cookie…
The bus was also better for information about sex, than the school class was!!
itgoesineasy@reddit
Sadly I had to read a bit to understand. I had never heard of this before. I surprised that with the crowd I grew up with I’d never heard this.
fanacapoopan@reddit
I remember this. Milk milk lemonade around the corner chocolate. Wow haven't thought about this for years.
OrdinarilyBob@reddit
...around the corner fudge is made.
Outrageous-526@reddit
Stick your finger up the hole Now you have a Tootsie Roll
pushing_past_the_red@reddit
Haha. That must have been in the director's cut.
ChumbawumbaFan01@reddit
Do you think they were just shocked that their teacher was calling breasts milk and pee lemonade in class or that they never learned it?
My kid is almost 11 and picks up rhymes from recess but they aren’t objectifying, sexist, violent or have slurs like the ones I was raised with and I see that as a positive thing.
The other day I thought, “Tattle tale tit, your tongue should be split, so every dog in town, can have a little bit,” which is a rhyme my mom taught me probably from my great-grandmother who was born in 1901.
The instinct is there to pass it down immediately but there’s no way I’m teaching that to my sweet kid. I don’t want them to be the instigator. It’s like all the parents made a pact to end these rhymes and now none of our kids knowing them or knowing they can’t say that to adults is the norm.
jcanucci@reddit
Born in 76 here. I remember it being said often when I was a kid
felisfemina@reddit
77 and same.
holyembalmer@reddit
Happy 50th, fellow Bicentennial baby!
r2killawat@reddit
Shouldn't this stuff be passed down in the schools like it used to? What's happened to our education system??
leftoverrights@reddit (OP)
Yes, my point exactly. We have lost our culture
Tinytiger1973@reddit
Peter Griffin said it on Family Guy and I burst out laughing. I had forgotten about it.
Allthemuffinswow@reddit
I grew up in California, specifically Los Angeles.
I heard this in grade school. And it was at a private semi-swanky religious school, too. Must have been in fifth grade or so.
Chickadee831@reddit
I'd give you a blank stare too. I have no idea what this is.
Tinytiger1973@reddit
Oh man. There was a physical demo that went along with it too. 🤭
At least, there was at my parochial school.
XyXyX-66@reddit
I don’t know that one-what’s the origin?
Possible_Shoulder_50@reddit
Life long Floridian. We said it down here
GrowlingAtTheWorld@reddit
Not in my part of Florida.
hypopig242@reddit
Maybe it's regional? I'm 53 mid-Atlantic and know you need to go round back.
Brilliant_Activity39@reddit
Mid-Atlantic, too. Always heard "around the back."
felisfemina@reddit
I'm from PA. We said "round the corner".
Legalouiddealerlith@reddit
I’m 60 and I don’t know what this means
IAm5toned@reddit
nerd
Masqueesha@reddit
I read that in the voice of Anastasia Beverhausen.
PoofBam@reddit
Did you do the correct motions too?
turnipzzzpinrut@reddit
It really is a choreography
Outrageous_Drag6613@reddit
Yuck 🤢
Susso7@reddit
Yeah, I got nothing.
Trillian75@reddit
1975, Montana, quite familiar with this one.
jetpack324@reddit
Around the corner where the fudge is made!
RedJerzey@reddit
Round the backs where chocolates made.
imspirationMoveMe@reddit
That’s creepy, bro.
Automatic-Unit-8307@reddit
Never heard of this…what?
casey5656@reddit
I’m a boomer and never heard this.
Craiss@reddit
This one goes beyond the children.
Grew up all over the Southeast US, From Texas to Missouri to Florida with a few stops in states between them. Gained social awareness sometimes in the late 80s.
I've never heard the phrase, "Milk, milk, lemonade," in my life.
Active_Wafer9132@reddit
Also from the Southeast and this ia the 1st time Ive ever heard of that saying.
TriGurl@reddit
Google it. You won't stop laughing!
GrowlingAtTheWorld@reddit
Me either.
MommyXMommy@reddit
Never once heard that before
DeepGreenThumbs@reddit
I'm Gen-X and I'm not familiar with the phrase.
GnomieOk4136@reddit
I have never heard this. Is it regional?
shifty808@reddit
Wut?!? Never heard of this..,.and I’m not upset about it!!
Ellavemia@reddit
I’ve never heard of this.
ArugulaDifficult4759@reddit
Never heard that in my life.
krakatoa83@reddit
Never heard of this
v3ctorvic@reddit
Society has failed many generations, why would your child's be the exception?
Great-Attitude@reddit
Grew up in The Northeast. I have no idea what you're talking about.
felisfemina@reddit
Born in PA in '77. I know it well.
peggerclel@reddit
Around the corner fudge is made
Dwingcustoms@reddit
Depends, do you edit fudge is made or pudd’ns made.
wanderlust_2x1@reddit
No clue.
FormerLaugh3780@reddit
We're supposed to be in the same generation and I have no effing clue what the hell it means.
emmadonelsense@reddit
Oh, no. 😔 I’m so sorry. That must have been upsetting for you.
sweeteatoatler@reddit
I only know it from the tv show “Will and Grace “
Major-Education-6715@reddit
Obviously the standards of 'basic knowledge' have a major fork built in the road. Never, ever heard such a saying in all my GenX years.
randombarbs@reddit
sames
LazyBookworm@reddit
Is it a Northeast thing? Because I know exactly what OP is referring to.
Great-Attitude@reddit
'66 Northeast, never heard of it.
Cyphermoon699@reddit
'65 Colorado. Every day on the school bus. My NJ cousins knew it too.
Either-Light9827@reddit
Midwest and heard it. ‘round the corner fudge is made.
Possible_Shoulder_50@reddit
No. Florida born and raised since ‘72. We said it all the time.
ch_cat@reddit
Raised in northeastern NY (near VT) and never heard the expression
JeffersonStarscream@reddit
Always thought this was stupid and immature. So of course we said it all the time.
wizardofmops@reddit
47, and yes I remember this 😂 grew up in the Buffalo, NY area
MrEasyMojo@reddit
‘70 our version was “milk jugs, lemonade….” (Ga)
NiceObjective2756@reddit
no idea what you are saying
in-a-microbus@reddit
Squeeze the right breast "milk"
Squeeze the left breast "milk"
Grab genitals "lemonade"
Grab gluteus maximus "round the corner fudge is made"
UrsaMajor7th@reddit
Same. 🤷🏽
Drnedsnickers2@reddit
No idea what you are talking about.
in-a-microbus@reddit
Squeeze the right breast "milk"
Squeeze the left breast "milk"
Grab genitals "lemonade"
Grab gluteus maximus "round the corner fudge is made"
Individual_Note_8756@reddit
Same! Age 59, no idea.
AdhesivenessEqual166@reddit
Also 59. No idea and do not care.
Rredhead926@reddit
Team No Idea What OP Is Talking About
Altruistic-Tank4585@reddit
Pittsburgh, PA definitely know it!
BloodBeard721@reddit
I said this at work on Wednesday. 26 year old laughed his ass off. Said he never heard it before.
Embarrassed-Oil3127@reddit
I am usually a pop culture wunderkind and no clue what ye is talking about.
cheyannepavan@reddit
You say, "Milk, milk, lemonade," while pointing to each breast for "milk, milk," then point between your legs for "lemonade." Then you do kind of a jump turn and say, "Around the corner the fudge is made," while pointing to your butt.
triggur@reddit
Growing up in the Midwest and CO, I’ve never heard this before.
TinyCommittee3783@reddit
I grew up in CO, too. Never heard this.
hesathomes@reddit
You didn’t send them to camp lol
ChiliSama@reddit
Milk milk lemonade, round the corner fudge is made.
Downtown-Net9151@reddit
Back
ChiliSama@reddit
Corner
PurplePenguinCat@reddit
Jersey girl here and I knew it. My husband grew up in NYC and stared blankly at me just now.
AuntJibbie@reddit
I've never heard this 🤔
SeniorRaspberry4697@reddit
I am a 53 year old father of 6, and I have never heard this before in my life.
Certain_Site_8764@reddit
Round the corner...
R808T@reddit
Oldest of us Xrs from 65 and I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Peters_Wife@reddit
I'm an old GenX'er (born in '67) and I finished the last part in my head. Totally remember that one. It may have been regional. I'm not sure where we lived when I heard it as a kid since we moved all over the country.
Inner_Republic6810@reddit
‘66er, and I’m drawing a blank as well.
AngelMom1965@reddit
Same. 65er and never heard it.
aeon314159@reddit
‘69 vintage, and I have never heard, or heard of, this.
Stl337@reddit
50 here. Florida. We said it all the time.
LadyNorbert@reddit
No idea what that means
wyohman@reddit
Expecting your teenager to know a riddle from your elementary years makes no sense
Fitz_2112b@reddit
53 from NY here. Never heard this
Heritage367@reddit
Born in 1968 in Chicago area. Never heard this; I wonder if it's regional?
Major-Education-6715@reddit
Have no clue what you're referring to....GenX '66
VineMan77@reddit
'77 - never heard it.
ChrisRiley_42@reddit
I have no clue what that is...
pacifistpotatoes@reddit
No clue what you're talking about mate 45 Midwest
doglady1342@reddit
I've never heard of this before.
MicheleAmanda@reddit
Heard of it. Had to look it up.
morts73@reddit
Ummm are you making a shopping list?
Inside-Wear5683@reddit
You don't want to find out; trust me 😭
Fulghn@reddit
I went to a Catholic grade school. Chanting bathroom humor lead to the wooden paddle - the one with 1 inch holes in it. There was less punishment for being caught with chewing tobacco.
TankApprehensive3053@reddit
ihatecleaningtoilets@reddit
Zero idea 😬
in-a-microbus@reddit
Squeeze the right breast "milk"
Squeeze the left breast "milk"
Grab genitals "lemonade"
Grab gluteus maximus "round the corner fudge is made"
LazyBookworm@reddit
Please don’t tell me this is a Pennsylvania thing
NYCphilliesBlunt@reddit
Nope. This was pressed into the minds of children in other places as well.
PinkRhino@reddit
CA 1978 here. Borderline Xer. Was said all the time.
Larryville-1980@reddit
She was coming down the mountain doing 90…..when the chain on her motorcycle broke!
rubyreadit@reddit
I was born in 1969 and I have no clue what you are talking about.
admedlin1975@reddit
Around the back fudge is made
isobel-foulplay@reddit
Around the corner chocolate’s made.
DrJaneIPresume@reddit
I can't hear that in anything but Orson Welles' voice.
I mean, he never recorded it, I'm sure, but put this next to the Findus ads...
battery19791@reddit
(activates blank stare)
Aware-Owl4346@reddit
What’choo talkin’ bout Willis?
DaddyOhMy@reddit
I was so proud when my kids showed they knew it when Pee Wee Herman did the bit while unpacking groceries in the Playhouse.
ShookMyHeadAndSmiled@reddit
Cry, the beloved children
Addapost@reddit
I have no idea what that means.
ParticularInitial147@reddit
Resident-Condition-2@reddit
GenX here (52) and I know it.
Able-Paramedic8908@reddit
I’m 71, and only heard this on a sitcom about 20 years ago. It was not part of my childhood, happily.
Ihatealltakennames@reddit
43 here. I knew. Lol
EggCzar@reddit
Solidly Gen X (53) and I have no idea what this is sorry
sravll@reddit
1980 and I don't know what you're talking about
Sanasanaculitoderana@reddit
Turn the corner Fudge is made Stick your finger up the hole Out comes a tootsie roll!
Florida kid but my Massachusetts spouse didn’t know it.
missmgrrl@reddit
Oh an innovation! Didn’t know the tootsie roll segment.
Bidesign54@reddit
Alien to wifey and me. 👽
socksthekitten@reddit
I remember hearing it first on Family Guy. I must have been sheltered in the 70's
Bishop-Logan@reddit
Common Core Standards have obviously failed.
ThatWomanNow@reddit
Stick your finger up the hole and then you'll have a tootsie roll
pumpkindonut123@reddit
This was ubiquitous where I was from, everyone saying it all the time to the point where I can still remember the whole thing. Milk, milk lemonade around the corner fudge is made. It’s a song that glorifies bodily fluids from which a person could consume something delicious when in actuality no child would normally think is gross “breast milk, urine, and feces”. NY childhood
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CreatrixAnima@reddit
Honestly, I don’t think anything of value would be lost if we all forgot this one.
Reasonable-Bus-2187@reddit
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r2killawat@reddit
😂
shinyviper@reddit
Spent 10 seconds trying to decipher this and whatevered out. You do you boo.
Mediocre-Berry-6257@reddit
There’s a rural town square in my state that literally has a fudge shoppe on one of its corners. To every woman I’ve been there with, I’ve called it “Round the Corner Fudge” (not the real name). None of them got it.
Mediocre-Berry-6257@reddit
(Midwest background, born 67, first head this from a slightly younger cousin.)
Legitimate_Egg_2073@reddit
“Round the corner.. “ 😹
Mr_IT@reddit
Fudge is made
Signal_Reputation640@reddit
I have no idea what that means.
blue-collar-nobody@reddit
" ...round the corner chocolate is made"?
higglesworth@reddit
Fudge?
ab39z@reddit
65 model. Never heard it.
NativeNashville@reddit
67 model here…You mean you don’t know where fudge is made?
wwJones@reddit
That's always been terrible by anyone that ever said it. If they didn't "get it" that's probably why they gave you a blank look. If they "got it" they think you're a fucking idiot.
SeatSix@reddit
55 year old gen x'er and I have no clue
ebeth_the_mighty@reddit
I turn 55 next week, and I do.
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Both_Low3169@reddit
Born in 69. Definitely know it!
jaimebuggie@reddit
Haha! I have so many & my husband just shakes his head at me. He’s never heard of any of them.
IngvaldClash@reddit
I’ll drop that occasionally just to see who knows and get a laugh.
ElegantGoose@reddit
I know this one. I'm not proud of it, but I know it. ↪️💩
Round_Ad8947@reddit
How about @half past a monkey’s ass…”
Vagentleman73@reddit
And quarter to his balls.
IngvaldClash@reddit
…and a quarter to his balls
r2killawat@reddit
How Chinese Japanese dirty knees...
EricSrRox@reddit
75 and this sounds like duck, duck, goose.
I have no idea what it is
nigevellie@reddit
The fuck?
mwithington@reddit
Gross
knowlessman@reddit
WTF does that even mean?
PlaxicoCN@reddit
I don't know what that means either.
nietheo@reddit
I'm guessing they don't know why boys go to Jupiter either.
NeverEverMaybe0_0@reddit
They should feel stupider.
YourGuyK@reddit
You didn't fail them. This is not information anyone ever learned from their parents.
Catskillschick@reddit
Round the corner, fudge is made!!😃