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