Medium Draft Day 2024
The Tale of Baa Baa Blue Sheep
And how AI makes you laugh
Baa baa blue sheep
have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
three bags full
One to knit a jumper
One to knit a scarf
And one to knit a pair of socks
that will make people laugh!
I’ve been wanting to publish this little rhyme on Medium for weeks — not for any literary or intellectual merit, but because it’s a nod to a much-loved nursery rhyme, and I hoped it would live up to its claim and make people laugh.
We could all do with a good laugh these days, right? 😉
But there lay the problem.
In order to have people laugh, I needed to come up with an idea for a pair of socks that would have the desired effect.
I discovered that being creative with words and rhymes is one thing; designing socks is quite another!
I was completely stumped for ideas. Like a sheep tethered to a post.
I found myself returning to my Word doc (I draft my Medium stories in Word before uploading them to the platform) hoping inspiration would miraculously arrive with a…