One Fat Hen
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'''One Fat Hen''' (also called '''One Red Hen''') is a [[drinking game]]. It is based on the difficulty people often have in repeating exactly what the leader says, and the amusing possibilities when they get it wrong.
==Gameplay==
The normal mode of play is that the leader recites the first line of the game and then all the players take it in turns to First - Sip the drink; Second - repeat the line; and Third - take another sip; if anyone makes a mistake, he or she must take a drink (or pay a [[forfeit]]) and ask the Leader to repeat. They then repeat the turn (Sip-Repeat-Sip). When everyone has got it right, the leader starts again, and adds the second line. Each player must now say the first and second lines, and so on, like this:
:Leader - *sip* One fat hen! *sip*
:Player 1 - *sip* One fat hen! *sip*
:Player 2 - *sip* One hat fen! (takes a drink, and must repeat the line) *sip* One fat hen! *sip*
:Player 3 - *sip* One fat hen! *sip*
:Leader - *sip* One fat hen, a couple of ducks *sip*
:Player 1 - *sip* One fat hen, a couple of ducks *sip*
:Player 2 - *sip* One fat hen, two ducks (takes another drink, and starts again)
:Player 3 - *sip* One fat hen, a couple of ducks *sip*
...and so on, with increasing mirth.
===Other Versions===
The Austrukinfailian Version (By a Couple of Good KIWI Boys, taught over 14 Hour period, 2 cases of beer, a bottle of rum *.##.*):
*One Fat Hen
*A Couple of Ducks
*Three Brown Bear
*Four Running Hare
*Five Fat Fickle Females, Sitting Sipping Scotch
*Six Simple Simons Sitting on a Stump
*Seven Simbad Sailors, Sailing the Seven Seas in a Sloop
*Eight Egotistical Egotists Egotistically Echoing Ectasy's
*Nine Nude Nibleons Nimbly Nibbling Gnats Nuts and Nicotine
*I'm Not the Pheasant Plucker, I'm the Pheasant Plucker's Son and I'm Only plucking Pheasants Till the Pheasant Plucker Comes
*Encore:
*Old Mrs Hunt Has a Funny Cut Punt, Not a Punt Cut Funny, But A Funny Cut Punt!!!
<!-- I was taught this many moons ago and the original set of lyrics we used were: (This is original content and not encyclopedic, so I'm commenting it out, to be taken up on the Discussion page. jmr -->
*One Fat Hen and
*A Couple of Ducks
*Three Brown Bears
*Four Running Hares
*Five Fat Females Fixing For A Fight
*Six Simple Simons sitting on a stump
*Seven Sicilian Sailors sailing the Seven Seas
*Eight Cocky Sock Cutters Cockily Cutting Socks
*Nine Split Sheets: I'm not a Split Sheet Splitter but on Split Sheets Shall I Sit
*Ten Pheasant Pluckers: I'm not the Pheasant Plucker I'm the Pheasant Pluckers son, I'm only Plucking Pheasants till the Pheasant Plucker comes
*Eleven Miss Puggy Wuggy's: Miss Puggy Wuggy's got a square cut punt, not a punt cut square but a square cut punt, Miss Puggy Wuggy's got a square cut punt.
Another set of sentences is:
*One Fat Hen
*A Couple of Ducks
*Three Brown Bears
*Four Horny Hares
*Five Fat Fickle Females fixin' for a fight
*Six Simple Simons sitting on a stump
*Seven Sicilian Sailors sailing the Seven Seas
*Eight Egotistical Egotists, echoing egotistical ecstasies
*Nine Nude Nymps, nibbling gnat tails and nicotine
*Ten - I'm not the fig plucker, nor the fig plucker's son, but I'll pluck the figs 'till the fig plucker comes.
Alternate set (please note the ommission of the "s" on the following, as it goes against normal speech, and creates a lot more mirth); ten is shouted, using the slang noted:
*Fat Hen
*Couple Duck
*Three Brown Bear
*Four Running Hare
*Five Fat Fickle Females sitting sipping scotch
*Six Simple Simons sitting on a stump
*Seven Sinbad Sailors sailing the Seven Seas on a sloop
*Eight Egotistical Egotists echoing egotistical ecstasies
*Nine New Nude Nubiles nibbling — nibbling gnats, nuts, and nicotine
*Ten — I never was a fig, nor a fig plucker's son, but I'll keep pluckin' figs 'till the fig pluckin's done!
From the University of Western Australia
*One Fat Hen
*A Couple of Ducks
*Three Brown Bears
*Four Running Hares
*Five Foxy Females Fixing For A Fight
*Six Simple Simons Sitting on a Stump
*Seven Sicillian Sailors Sailing the Seven Seas
*Eight Cocky Sock Cutters Cockily Cutting Socks
*Nine Nimble Nubile Nudes Nimbly Nibbling Noddy's Nuts
*Ten Pleasant Pheasant Pluckers Pleasantly Plucking Pheasants 'til the Present Pleasant Pheasant Pluckers Fathers come home
The World Renowned Piatkowski Version:
*One Fat Hen.
*Couple o' ducks.
*Three Brown Bear.
*Four Running Hare.
*Five Fat Females.
*Six Simple Simons.
*Seven Syrian Sailors Sailing the Syrian Sea.
*Eight Egotistical Egotists Echoing Egotistical Ecstasies.
*Nine Nubian Nudies, Nibbling, Nibbling on, Gnats, Knuckles, and Nicotine.
*Ten, I slit a sheet, a sheet I did slit, upon the slitted sheet I sit.
*Eleven, a fig plucker I'm not, nor a fig plucker's son, but I'll keep plucking figs till the fig plucking's done.
SUNY Albany O'Heaney's version
*Chicken (Yes this is Different)
*A Couple of Ducks
*Three Brown Bears
*Four Running Hares
*Five Fat Fickle Females, Sitting sipping scotch
*Six Simple Simons Sitting on a Slew
*Seven Sinbad Sailors, Sailing the Ocean Blue
*Eight Euscladated Elephants Eating Eggplant
*Nine Nubile Nublians Nibbling Nibbling Nut
*I am a Fig Plucker and a Fig Pluckers son, I won't stop Plucking Figs til the Fig Pluckings done
Are you a Turtle Scholar? You bet your sweet ass I am.
*One Fat Hen
*A Couple of Ducks
*Three Brown Bears
*Four Running Hares
*Five Fat Ladies Fixing for a Fight
*Six Sicilian Sea Men Sailing the Seven Seas
*Seven Sleezy Sheet Slitters, Sleazily Slitting Sheets
*Eight Cocky Sock Cutters, Cockily Cutting Socks
*Nine Pleasant Pheasant Pluckers, Pleasantly Plucking Pheasants
*Ten Simple Simons Sitting on a Stool
...and yet another variation:
*A Big Fat Hen
*A Couple Of Ducks
*Three Brown Bears
*Four Running Hares
*Five Fat Females
*Six Simple Simons Sitting On A Stump
*Seven Sicilian Sailors Sailing The Seven Seas
*Eight Egotistical Egotists Echoing Egotistical Ecstasies
*Nine: I Slit a Sheet, a Sheet I Slit; Upon the Slitted Sheet I Sit
*Ten: I'm Not A Sock Tucker Or A Sock Tucker's Son, But I'll Tuck Socks Till The Sock Tucker Comes
*Eleven: I'm Not A Fig Plucker Or A Fig Plucker's Son, But I'll Pluck Figs Till The Fig Plucker Comes
*Twelve: I'm Not A City Shoe Shiner Or A City Shoe Shiner's Son, But I'll Shine City Shoes Till The City Shoe Shiner Comes
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*one red hen
*a couple of ducks
*three brown bears
*four running hares
*five felonious females
*six simple simons sitting on a tree stump
*seven seasick sicilian sailors sailing the seven seas
*eight...i slit a sheet, a sheet i slit, upon the slitted sheet i sit
*nine.... nebulous news nibbling, nibbling, nibbling on nickels, nuts, and nicotine
*ten.... i am a pheasant pluckers son, a pheasant pluckers son i am. i'm only plucking pheasants till the pheasant pluckers sun comes in
One Fat Hen
and a Couple of Ducks
Three Baby Brown Bear
Four Rabbit Running Hare
Five Fat Fidgety Felines
Six Simple Simons Selling Salt in Siam
Seven Salty Sailors Sailing the sniffing snooze
Eight Elongated Elephants elevated on an Escalator
Nine Nimble-nosed Nimbly-o's Nibbling Nine Nimble-nosed Nimbly-i's
Ten Two-Toned, Two Toned, Tanker Trucks with Trailers Traveling from
Tallahassee Tennessee to Tyler Texas on Two Tanks of Texaco Gas and Twenty Two
Toughly Treaded Tires, Today!
Yet another version, this is the one I was forced to memorize to become a turtle:
One fat hen
Couple of ducks
Three brown bears
Four running hares
Five fat fickle females sitting sipping scotch
Six simple Simons sitting sideways on a stump
Seven Sinbad sailors sailed the seven seas
Eight egotistical egotists echoing egotistical ecstasies
Nine noobiling nooberers nibbling knicks, knacks, nooks and nicotine
I may not be a fig picker nor a fig picker’s son but I’ll pick figs ‘till the fig picking’s done you bet your sweet ass I’m a turtle!
The night I "learned" this I threw up in my buddy's bath tub and lost my wallet.
I learned this is Kansas around 1993. Went like this:
One red hen,
A couple of ducks,
Three brown bears,
Four running hares,
Five fat fickle females sitting sipping scotch,
Six sinbad sailors sailed the seven seas,
Seven simple Simon's sitting sideways on a stump,
Eight egotistical egotists echoing egotistical ecstacies,
Nine nude nublers nibbling nicks, knacks, nuts and nicotine,
I never was a fig picker, nor a fig picker's son, but I'll pick figs until the fig picker comes!