Thumbs are not good to eat.

"'The time has come,' the Vulture said,

'To talk of many things—

Of Accidence and Adjectives,

And names of Jewish Kings;

How many notes a Sackbut has,

And whether Shawms have strings.'

"'Please sir,' the Undergraduates said,

Turning a little blue,

'We did not know that was the sort