text: why are so many nursery rhymes so scary when you listen to what you are actually saying? if you can think of one please post it for others, lets see how scary they are...when you are a little kid... 3 men in a tub, butcher, baker, candlestick maker.  guess nobody thought, "why would 3 grown professional men be bathing together?  ick."  little miss muffit - a story of arachnophobia