1. bornamutant-diedamutant reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    “Took ballet” – MD, in the DC metro area
  2. bisextrous reblogged this from paralysis
  3. halfahundredcats reblogged this from lovingmyselfishard and added:
    Got away, Upstate New York
  4. ariamaki reblogged this from yafictiondoublefeature and added:
    Got Away from Northeast Ohio in the late 80s and early 90s.
  5. tiddly-wink reblogged this from paralysis and added:
    took ballet! long island, ny
  6. tenlittlebullets reblogged this from maverek and added:
    I’ve heard both - mid-Atlantic, mid-1990s. There’s a thread about this on the Straight Dope message boards, and the...
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  8. nerdyforenglish reblogged this from paralysis and added:
    Took ballet, Long Island, NY :)
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  10. lostmymojo reblogged this from biscuitmunroe and added:
    GOT AWAY! Saskatchewan, north/central
  11. eveamedeus reblogged this from midnightonthefiringline and added:
    Both, but usually “got away”. Los Angeles area, California
  12. midnightonthefiringline reblogged this from biscuitmunroe and added:
    Both, but usually ballet; Alberta
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  14. paralysis reblogged this from awesome-everyday and added:
    took ballet, Long Island
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  16. biscuitmunroe reblogged this from lilithlaquim and added:
    took ballet; also saskatchewan, but southern.
  17. comatosestateofmind reblogged this from franklin-delano-roosevelt and added:
    Got away; central Texas.
  18. jehan-proubear reblogged this from crosseyedmorgan and added:
    I’m from New Zealand.. and we used to sing: “Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg. Super Granny lost her fanny...
  19. sazquatch reblogged this from lilithlaquim and added:
    In Australia, it was just “the batmobile lost its wheel, all on christmas day”. Iirc the joker was never mentioned.
  20. lilithlaquim reblogged this from countesskitsch and added:
    Took ballet; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
  21. mypornographicmemory reblogged this from countesskitsch and added:
    Took ballet, Southern Ontario.
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  23. xhxixdxdxexnx reblogged this from crosseyedmorgan and added:
    I don’t recall there being a part after “Robin laid an egg” but maybe I just have a short attention span XD (Also from...
  24. crosseyedmorgan reblogged this from countesskitsch and added:
    Ok I’m not sure if I’m missing something huge here, but I remember other kids singing “Jingle Bells, Batman smells,...
  25. theresnothingcruviswithme reblogged this from roxylalondering and added:
    Got away, Hey! New York, U.S.A.
  26. roxylalondering reblogged this from thecrazycatmage and added:
    He got away - eastern Nebraska :)
  27. offerupthedeep reblogged this from lovingmyselfishard and added:
    The Joker got away, Tennessee, USA
  28. churchyardgrim reblogged this from countesskitsch and added:
    Got away, southern New York
  29. tundrakatiebean reblogged this from jangojips and added:
    Took ballet, Oregon USA (Northwest)
  30. scape-monster reblogged this from countesskitsch and added:
    Got Away, southern Idaho
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  32. randomrafe reblogged this from countesskitsch and added:
    got away! Southeastern Kentucky:D I had never even heard of ballet version till 2 years ago lol
  33. lovingmyselfishard reblogged this from countesskitsch and added:
    Got away, Southern Michigan.
  34. franklin-delano-roosevelt reblogged this from countesskitsch and added:
    got away, also central Texas.
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  36. countesskitsch reblogged this from psyykkinen-lintukoto and added:
    Got away, central Texas.
  37. gripyfish reblogged this from jklwajoedwajlks and added:
    It was always “Joker ran away” for me. I’m from the Pacific Northwest, but (in a move that might really mess up your...
  38. goldenponcho reblogged this from globalsoftpirka and added:
    Chattanooga, TN. I’ve heard it both ways.
  39. globalsoftpirka reblogged this from yafictiondoublefeature and added:
    I clearly remember it not being consistent. It was sometimes “got away”, sometimes “did ballet” and sometimes “did swan...
  40. yafictiondoublefeature reblogged this from astrakiseki and added:
    Got Away in Oakland.
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  42. peacelovevinyl reblogged this from aim2misbehave and added:
    Did ballet, from Pennsylvania / Maryland / West Virginia area. I didn’t hear the “get away” version until years later.
  43. halbernacht reblogged this from worsethanmanyfairies and added:
    In Indiana we were taught it as “Ran Away.” There was also some variation in the third verse, where it was either “The...
  44. thetevintersoldier reblogged this from socialjusticeapostate and added:
    the joker got away down in central illinois. seems to work out the same in chicago from what i’ve heard.
  45. worsethanmanyfairies reblogged this from astrakiseki and added:
    “Got away” in central Ohio in the late 90s/early 00s.
  46. some-scribbles reblogged this from unnecessaryemotion and added:
    Heard both variations in Southeast Texas. -Lucy
  47. unnecessaryemotion reblogged this from space-gecko-sex and added:
    It was always “And the batmobile lost a wheel” in NYC
  48. astrakiseki reblogged this from dendriforming and added:
    “Got away” in San Diego in the 90s.
  49. dendriforming reblogged this from feliscorvus and added:
    Only ever heard the “got away” variant growing up in a suburb of Sacramento, CA in the 90’s.
  50. feliscorvus reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I only ever heard the “…and the Joker got away” variant of the “Batman Smells” kid-meme (in southern Connecticut in the...