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Ip Dip dog shit, you are not it....

119 replies

youngestisapsycho · 17/08/2026 11:19

Anyone remember more of the 'you are not it' rhymes from school days in the 80s?
I know we had lots of different ones we used to use, but cant remember what any of them were!

OP posts:
Busybookworm · 17/08/2026 11:20

Ip dip sky blue, who’s it? Not you!

TeaFizzy · 17/08/2026 11:21

Busybookworm · 17/08/2026 11:20

Ip dip sky blue, who’s it? Not you!

Not because you’re dirty, not because you’re clean
My mother says you’re the fairy queen

35965a · 17/08/2026 11:21

We did ‘ip dip dog shit, fucking bastard, dirty got, you are not it’ 😂 I think it progressed from ‘ip dip dog poo, it is not you’

Sherararara · 17/08/2026 11:22

Ip dip 4,3,2..emergency alert…let’s barbecue!

MNLurker1345 · 17/08/2026 11:23

Here goes, excuse my language -

Ip dip, dog shit
Fucking bastard
Dirty git

I cringe, obviously not in front of adults.

DollopOfFun · 17/08/2026 11:24

Ip dip doo, the cat's got flu,
the dogs got chickenpox and out goes you

Catholic school, we obviously were too scared to swear

ThatBliddyWoman · 17/08/2026 11:27

DollopOfFun · 17/08/2026 11:24

Ip dip doo, the cat's got flu,
the dogs got chickenpox and out goes you

Catholic school, we obviously were too scared to swear

We said this too!

And something like 'Your Mum's can't sit, your Dad's inthe dustbin eating fish and chips'...

Boreded · 17/08/2026 11:28

Ip dip do, daddy did a poo, mummy did a bigger one and out came you!

Hardsell · 17/08/2026 11:31

Ippa dippa dashion my operation how many people at the station close your eyes and think.

Eni meany macaronny dare da donny maca chickabocca lollypoper om pom push out.

Sorry Can't spell 🤦‍♀️

ThatBliddyWoman · 17/08/2026 11:34

My ex (a bit older than me and I'm in my 40s) said they used to sing;

'Willie was a Watchdog sitting onthe grass
Along came a bee and stung him up the ...
ask no questions tell no lies, I saw a dirty man playing with his flies
Are funny, flies are silly, I saw a (black!) man playing with his
Willie was a watchdog sitting on the grass....." Continues forever I suppose...

RainyDaysAndGlumDays · 17/08/2026 11:36

Ip dip dog poo.
Who's it? Not you.

Fifthtimelucky · 17/08/2026 11:37

Ip dip board ship.
You are on it.

MNLurker1345 · 17/08/2026 11:37

One patata, two patata, 3 patata, 4, 5 patata, 6 patata, 7 patata more! Bad spud!

youngestisapsycho · 17/08/2026 11:42

TeaFizzy · 17/08/2026 11:21

Not because you’re dirty, not because you’re clean
My mother says you’re the fairy queen

oh yes! we used this one 😀

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Ihaveneedofwaternear · 17/08/2026 11:44

Eenie meanie macaraca, dare doh dominaca, chickapocka, lollipoppa, om pom push!

Also did ip dip dog shit, fucking bastard, dirty git 🤣

Eenie meanie miney mo, catch a tiger by the toe, if it squeals let it go, eenie meanie miney mo.

My kids still do IP dip agadoo it is not you, not because you're dirty, not because you're clean, my father's says you're the fairy queen!

youngestisapsycho · 17/08/2026 11:44

Hardsell · 17/08/2026 11:31

Ippa dippa dashion my operation how many people at the station close your eyes and think.

Eni meany macaronny dare da donny maca chickabocca lollypoper om pom push out.

Sorry Can't spell 🤦‍♀️

Edited

and I remember the Ippa, dippa, dation one!

and, Ip dip doo, doggy did a poo, who stepped in it, it was you!

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Lentilcakes · 17/08/2026 11:45

TeaFizzy · 17/08/2026 11:21

Not because you’re dirty, not because you’re clean
My mother says you’re the fairy queen

This!

Bringemout · 17/08/2026 11:46

Think we did

ip dip, dog shit, fucking bastard, dirty git.

I’m actually slightly horrified lol.

Youllnevergetabetterbitofbutteronyourknife · 17/08/2026 11:48

We did:
Ip dip dog shit, you stood in it! 😂

Another one was:
Ibble obble black bobble ibble obble out,
turn the dirty dishcloth inside out.
No idea what it means 🤣

NotSoLittle · 17/08/2026 11:49

Ip dip thruppany bit
You are not it
Not because you're dirty
Not because you're clean
Not because my mother says you are the Fairy Queen.
O-U-T spells out and out you must go.

ALevelBNotLevel · 17/08/2026 11:53

Ink ank under the bank, Ink ank out

CaptainMyCaptain · 17/08/2026 11:56

I'm old enough to have heard the original 'Eeny teeny miny mo' at school which my parents told me not to say (early 1960s). The less offensive version was 'Eeny meeny miny mo put the baby on the po. When he's done wipe his bum. Eeny Meeny Miny Mo'.

Also ' One potato, two potato, three potato four. Five potato, six potato, seven potato MORE' There was probably more but it's actually quite boring and the word 'potato' starts to look weird the more you type it.

CatLady199 · 17/08/2026 11:56

Ip dip dog shit, fucking bastard,silly git you are not it 😁

QueenJelly · 17/08/2026 11:58

Ours started ‘ip dip dash, my blue sash’ but I don’t think I ever knew the rest.

MNLurker1345 · 17/08/2026 12:00

CaptainMyCaptain · 17/08/2026 11:56

I'm old enough to have heard the original 'Eeny teeny miny mo' at school which my parents told me not to say (early 1960s). The less offensive version was 'Eeny meeny miny mo put the baby on the po. When he's done wipe his bum. Eeny Meeny Miny Mo'.

Also ' One potato, two potato, three potato four. Five potato, six potato, seven potato MORE' There was probably more but it's actually quite boring and the word 'potato' starts to look weird the more you type it.

We SE Londoners said patata!

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