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Personal logo etotheipi Sponsoring Member of TMP16 Dec 2020 4:27 p.m. PST

How many of the traditional (not Bob & Doug McKenzie or Spike Jones') Twelve Days of Christmas do you have as minis?

For Reference:

twelve drummers drumming
eleven pipers piping
ten lords a-leaping
nine ladies dancing
eight maids a-milking
seven swans a-swimming
six geese a-laying
five gold rings
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle-doves
one partridge in a pear tree

Liberal interpretation is encouraged.

Personal logo etotheipi Sponsoring Member of TMP16 Dec 2020 4:39 p.m. PST

My Response:

YES – twelve drummers drumming – way more than twelve, not twelve of one unit, though
No – eleven pipers piping – only one piper
YES – ten lords a-leaping – more than 10 dudes a-jumping, a la superhero poses
NO – nine ladies dancing – four Gypsy ladies dancing, that's it
NO – eight maids a-milking – two ladies carrying buckets that could be milk, but no active milking
NO – seven swans a-swimming – One Silver Swan superhero
YES – six geese a-laying – these count; they're geese
YES – five gold rings – Lots of options. I even paint rings on the fingers of select appropriate figures
YES – four calling birds – lots of birds, several with open beaks
YES – three French hens – several are French, or at least their accents are
No – two turtle-doves – turtles and doves, but no turtle-doves
No – one partridge in a pear tree – no birds, or even nests, in trees

Personal logo Parzival Supporting Member of TMP16 Dec 2020 6:41 p.m. PST

I've got a thrush on a stump. Does that count?

Wolfhag16 Dec 2020 7:02 p.m. PST

It reminds me of a fraternity drinking song.

Wolfhag

Palewarrior17 Dec 2020 11:31 a.m. PST

"I've got a thrush on a stump" ointments are available ;)

von Schwartz17 Dec 2020 6:30 p.m. PST

Palewarrior for the win!!

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP18 Dec 2020 8:44 a.m. PST

I've got plenty of drummers, and a few fifers, but nothing else on the list.

Bashytubits18 Dec 2020 6:28 p.m. PST

YES 12 drummers drumming, WAY more than 12.
YES 11 pipers piping, I have way more than eleven as I have Greek pipers aplenty for my ancients as well as probably at least 11 bagpipers as well.
YES 10 lords a-leaping. Lots more than that with my Medieval and fantasy collections.
YES 9 ladies dancing. I have a bunch of western saloon patrons, citizens and have more than 9 can can girls. Some of the more civil ladies are dancing in a hoe down.
YES 8 maids a milking, I have exactly 8 roller skate girls dressed in maid outfits with pistols and machine guns and who is going to say they don't milk as a side job. I wish I remembered where I got them, they are some of the very first
minis I ever bought, acquired from a railroad/craft store on sale no less. They are late 1970s.
YES 7 swans a swimming, we have 8 glass swans on a mirror covered end table.
Yes 6 geese a laying, we have 8 lively Geese and people always think the eggs they lay are fake because of the size.
YES 5 gold rings, the plastic rings holding up my shower curtain are all gold covered.
Yes 4 calling birds. We have been invaded by game chickens on our property and they are always calling in chicken speak to each other and mobbing us when we go outside begging for food. One of our neighbors owns them but they like hanging out at our spread.
YES 3 french hens, my mother has 4 egg laying hens in a pen and as we are part french that makes them french, right?
YES/NO 2 turtle doves, we had more than 2 romping around in the brush but the neighbor called them pygmy pigeons and shot all of them.
NO The only pear tree was cut down and if there was a partridge he got shot and thrown in a pot. The only birds around here no one shoots is the stupid game chickens, because reasons.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TMP, Etotheipi and the wondrous SWMBO.

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