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edelric Sparkling Leader State Alchemist edward wants to fly padermonum Posts: 2,922	button Mar 14, 2010 22:29:38 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by edelric on Mar 14, 2010 22:29:38 GMT 10 dose any one know who says "button butten whos got the button?" cos jack and i have bin trying to figure this out for weeks now but we just cant, your help in this matter would be appreated
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button Mar 14, 2010 23:20:24 GMT 10

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Post by jezstyle on Mar 14, 2010 23:20:24 GMT 10

Button, Button, Who's Got the Button? is a traditional children's game that is normally played indoors on rainy days and can be played by a large number of children.

BASIC CONCEPT

The children all stand (or sit) in a circle with their hands out, palms together. One child, called the leader or 'it', takes a button (usually provided by an adult) and goes around the circle, putting their hands in everybody else's hands one by one. In one person's hands they drop the button, though continue to put their hands in the others' so that no one knows where the button is except for the giver and receiver.

The leader (or alternatively all the children in the circle depending on your preference) starts the other children guessing by saying, "Button, button, who's got the button?" before each child's guess. The child guessing replies with their choice, e.g. "Billy has the button!"

If you have the button, haven't been guessed yet, and it's your turn to guess, you choose someone else so that no one knows it's you.

Once the child with the button is finally guessed, that child is the one to distribute the button and start a new round.

VERSION 2

A second similar version has the child who is 'it' stand in the center of the circle, the button is then passed behind the backs of the children in the circle, stopping at random. 'It' tries to guess where the button is and once the button is found takes his or her place in the circle. Whoever had the button then becomes the new "it" and play begins again.

VERSION 3

A slight variation on the first two versions has 'it' ask questions (like in the game Twenty Questions) to determine who has the button.

VERSION 4

A game usually played by several children and one adult. The game's origin is unknown, but it has been around before the year 1900. The children start by sitting on the bottom stair of a staircase. The adult holds out in front of them two closed hands, with one holding a "special" button hidden inside of it. The adult asks, "Button, Button, who's got the button?". Whomever guesses correctly advances one step. The first one to reach the top step wins the game. If the staircase is not wide enough, the children can be divided up into teams.

REFERENCES IN POPULAR CULTURE

* In Go Ask Alice, the kids at the party play Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?, where the "button" is an LSD spiked can of soda. The diarist gets the spiked can of soda, which leads to her subsequent drug binge.

* The game is referenced by the title character in the movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

* In the Walt Disney version of Alice in Wonderland, during their first meeting Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum ask Alice if they should play this game.

* In the Robert Frost poem, "The Witch of Coos," the game is referenced in lines 7-8: "Summoning spirits isn't 'Button, button,/Who's got the button,' I would have them know."

* In season 7 of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, an insane Spike says "Button, Button, who's got the button? My money's on the witch" when he is rambling.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button,_Button,_Who%27s_Got_the_Button%3F

rainsongphoenix Shadow Minister Brave Vesperia wink Posts: 2,003	button Mar 15, 2010 7:41:34 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rainsongphoenix on Mar 15, 2010 7:41:34 GMT 10 There you go - you learn something new every day!

Machine Man State Alchemist Asmundr Posts: 844	button Mar 15, 2010 9:06:47 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Machine Man on Mar 15, 2010 9:06:47 GMT 10 but... wheres the button to press?
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Post by rainsongphoenix on Mar 15, 2010 9:26:22 GMT 10

What I don't get is why people have the overwhelming urge to press large red (or brightly coloured) buttons - if there was ever a button that stated " danger! Do not press - this button will unleash the apocolypse" - someone would still press it....

Machine Man State Alchemist Asmundr Posts: 844	button Mar 15, 2010 9:34:59 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Machine Man on Mar 15, 2010 9:34:59 GMT 10 hell yeah! when i see a big red threatening button that should never ever be pressed under any circumstances.... I press it! 90% of the time its just a fake! and if it does blow everyone up then we can laugh about it in the afterlife!
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rainsongphoenix Shadow Minister Brave Vesperia wink Posts: 2,003	button Mar 15, 2010 9:47:41 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rainsongphoenix on Mar 15, 2010 9:47:41 GMT 10 .......I won't be laughing if I'm dead!

Machine Man State Alchemist Asmundr Posts: 844	button Mar 15, 2010 9:49:49 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Machine Man on Mar 15, 2010 9:49:49 GMT 10 well thats debatable i suppose.... if you don't have coporial lungs can you laugh?
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rainsongphoenix Shadow Minister Brave Vesperia wink Posts: 2,003	button Mar 15, 2010 9:52:06 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rainsongphoenix on Mar 15, 2010 9:52:06 GMT 10 What I meant was, if you press the dooms day button that eliminates us all, I won't be laughing 'cos I'll be too busy trying to kick your ass!
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Machine Man State Alchemist Asmundr Posts: 844	button Mar 15, 2010 9:55:07 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Machine Man on Mar 15, 2010 9:55:07 GMT 10 well i'll be laughing at the sheer stupidity of it all... while getting my ass kicked it seems.... though why you would want to kick my donkey i don't know!
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rainsongphoenix Shadow Minister Brave Vesperia wink Posts: 2,003	button Mar 15, 2010 9:57:51 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rainsongphoenix on Mar 15, 2010 9:57:51 GMT 10 .....you know what I mean shakes fist .......

Machine Man State Alchemist Asmundr Posts: 844	button Mar 15, 2010 9:59:43 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Machine Man on Mar 15, 2010 9:59:43 GMT 10 presses the button
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borgieman Administrator Posts: 3,139	button Mar 15, 2010 10:09:09 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by borgieman on Mar 15, 2010 10:09:09 GMT 10 If I learned anything, if a button is huge and red, for the love of god DO NOT press it.

rainsongphoenix Shadow Minister Brave Vesperia wink Posts: 2,003	button Mar 15, 2010 14:02:34 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rainsongphoenix on Mar 15, 2010 14:02:34 GMT 10 Well said!

borgieman Administrator Posts: 3,139	button Mar 15, 2010 14:47:09 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by borgieman on Mar 15, 2010 14:47:09 GMT 10 Not unless you want to blow up half the planet...