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So ... the why.

On a melodic rant, I created an impromptu song while tickling my middle-child.

All of my children's common-name have two syllables; thus, for my dear Edmond, it went something like:

There once was a zither named Edmond 

As ticklish as ticklish could be

And when you talked to that zither 

He'd giggle so loudly, you seeeeee 

 

To be sure, it didn't help that I was tickling Eddy at the time.

And the instrument stuck.

...

Later, I was joke-chiding him for whining about something.
It came out something like

Real zithers don't whine

 And now here we are

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