Higgledy-Piggledy Hoozle-Dings

Listening to NPR this morning on the drive into work, a few colorful phrases tickled my funny-bone enough to post about them here. The first was in reference to the Bush Administration's new medicare prescription plan. The quote came from an elderly gentleman who exclaimed that while the plan was confusing, he was pretty sure he was going to end up "taking it in the Hoozle-Ding".

The second was in reference to the European Union's formation of new democratic processes. Spurred by the current debate over the number of votes allowed each representative nation, the gentleman (I can't recall who it was due to the temporary distraction of a near-traffic-incident) said, complete with proper British attitude and accent, "We're kind of making up this new democracy Higgledy-Piggledy".

This double-dactyl, made famous from the Mother Goose ryhme "My Black Hen", is discussed (along with others) in this interesting article.

Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen,

Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen.