ID: 483
Date: 1970s-2002
Title: A bodgie's occupation
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: bawdy 
Rhyme: 

A bodgie's occupation 
Is to stick his cockulation,
Up a woman's ventilation,
To increase the population,
Of the coming generation.

(Wellington, 1970s)

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It's a man's occupation, 
To stick his copulation,
In a woman's ventilation,
To improve the population,
Of the younger generation.
I got this information 
From the Board of Education,
If you want a demonstration,
Lie down!

(Hastings, 2002)

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Sex is when a guy's communication,
Enters a girl's information,
To increase the population,
For a younger generation,
Do you get the information?
Or do you need a demonstration?

(NZ, 1990)

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Background Info: Comment on this rhyme in Factor, 1988:165, relates to "the appearance of 'knowing'" and the pleasure of the form being sufficient for the material to continue in the chain of transmission from child to child.

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When asked if the teller understood what this rhyme was about the response was, "No, not really, but it sounded rude." (Personal informant)

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Variations, Turner, 1978:130 &135:

A man's occupation is to stick his doodle-ation (cock-u-lation)
Into a woman's ventilation,
To increase the population,
Of the younger generation,
Of the world.

(Newcastle, 1950s)

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Variations from Turner, 1978:130 and  135:

A bodgie's occupation 
Is to stick his cockulation,
Up a widgie's ventilation,
To increase the population,

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From Lowenstein, 1974:26:

It's only human nature after all
To get your favourite girl against the wall,
And let your accumulation
Meet her accommodation
And increase the population
Of the coming generation.

(Geelong, 1938)

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Keywords: bawdy, sex, 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 2 
Incidence: 3