{"id":990,"date":"2009-11-12T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=990"},"modified":"2009-11-11T21:24:51","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T21:24:51","slug":"something-silly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=990","title":{"rendered":"Something Silly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the seriousness of the last couple of days, here is something silly &#8211;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>On the Ning Nang Nong<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">On the Ning Nang Nong<br \/>\nWhere the Cows go Bong!<br \/>\nAnd the Monkeys all say Boo!<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a Nong Nang Ning<br \/>\nWhere the trees go Ping!<br \/>\nAnd the tea pots Jibber Jabber Joo.<br \/>\nOn the Nong Ning Nang<br \/>\nAll the mice go Clang!<br \/>\nAnd you just can&#8217;t catch &#8217;em when they do!<br \/>\nSo it&#8217;s Ning Nang Nong!<br \/>\nCows go Bong!<br \/>\nNong Nang Ning!<br \/>\nTrees go Ping!<br \/>\nNong Ning Nang!<br \/>\nThe mice go Clang!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">What a noisy place to belong,<br \/>\nIs the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spike_Milligan\" target=\"_blank\">Spike Milligan<\/a> from Silly Verse for Kids, 1968<\/p>\n<p><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:314,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Spike_Milligan&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260415142217\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Spike_Milligan&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Spike_Milligan&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 09:49:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 19:09:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-15 02:12:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-19 21:16:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-28 17:36:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-19 06:21:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-19 06:21:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the seriousness of the last couple of days, here is something silly &#8211; On the Ning Nang Nong On the Ning Nang Nong Where the Cows go Bong! 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