A flight attendant, trying to speed along the process in a cutesy way, got on the intercom and said “Eeeny meeny miney mo, pick a seat, we’ve gotta go. Once people get on board, they’re supposed to pick a seat quickly and settle in.Īs I heard it, on one Southwest flight, a number of people (including two black women) seemed to be taking their sweet time getting seated. You don’t pick a seat until you get on board. Shorty is a eenie meenie miney mo lover Shorty is a eenie meenie miney mo lover Shorty is a eenie meenie miney mo lover Shorty is a eenie meenie miney mo lover (here we go) You can’t make up your mind, mind, mind, mind, mind Please don’t waste my time, time, time, time, time I’m not tryin’ to rewind, wind, wind, wind, wind I wish our. A third variation: eenie meenie miny mo catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers, make him pay. A second variation: eenie meenie miny mo catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers, let him go my mother told me to pick the very best one and you are not it. Your ticket gets you on a plane, but it doesn’t get you a specific seat. eenie meenie miny mo catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers, let him go eenie meeny miny mo. One major theory about the origins of the rhyme is that it is descended from Old English or Celtic counting, as can be seen in the East Anglian Shepherds count, 'Ina, mina, tehra, methera' or the Cornish 'Eena, mea, mona, mite'.
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It is one of a large group of similar rhymes in which the child who is pointed to by the chanter on the last syllable is chosen. On Southwest Airlines, w low-fare, no-frills carrier, most seats are not pre-assigned. but I needed to start on the other fields at some point so with the help of a very technical method (eenie-meenie-minie-mo) I selected my field. ' Eeny, meeny, miny, mo 'which can be spelled a number of waysis a childrens counting-out rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag, or for selecting various other things.
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'Let's try a rhyme lalalalalalala that's more stochastic'. **I heard a story about 2 black sisters suing Southwest Airlines because of its seating policy in which a Southwest employee uses the phrase to determine who gets seating. Let's try a rhyme that's more stochastic (Optimally, the speaker would add a variable number of nonsense syllables in the last line. *Originally posted by Jackknifed Juggernaut *