[Magdalen] The Deen controversy

[M J [Mike] Logsdon]

>>>They taught me to count out, "Eeny, meeny .... Catch a (insert N word) by the toe."<<<

I'd forgotten that one.  Also, the good ol' Brazil Nut....  There's a clue in the Eeny meeny as to what I was raised to call them...!
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