Talk:Fuzzy-Wuzzy

Possible vandalism
Does anyone know if:

''The poem should be read against the background of bayonet drill, (thrusting a bayonetted rifle into a straw filled dummy). As in "'ere's to you Fuzzy Wuzzy" whilst thrusting firmly forward with rifle and bayonet.''

is in any way accurate or fit for Wikipedia? Any input would be appreciated, otherwise this statement will probably be removed as it has no citation, and the user has no other contribs.

Thanks! Human-potato hybrid (talk) 04:06, 2 December 2016 (UTC)


 * First: Wow, the things you run into on Wikipedia while on vacation.  The song Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear was running through my head & I wanted to see if I remembered the words correctly from when my father taught me 70ish years ago.......and this page is what I came across.
 * Second: "......in any way accurate or fit for Wikipedia?" When will people learn that honest knowledge, no matter how it looks from a particular perspective, is fit for honest discussion.  For example, it speaks to me of the real racism of the very people who object to ANY use of the 'N' word.  What they're actually saying is that some people can use a word, and other people, for whatever reason, can't use it, EVEN IN HONEST DISCUSSION.  When "whatever reason" is race, that bespeaks the unspeakable racism of the one proposing the prohibition.
 * So if you want to ask questions like "Does anyone know if:", NOT to get a question answered but, to express your opinion that honest discussion should be curtailed, I would hope you'd take your racism elsewhere. It IS fit.  If you want to know if it's accurate.....do the research. Tgdf (talk) 21:22, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear
A children's poem by this name is rather common.

"Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?"

I never even heard of the rudyard kipling poem before seeing this article as I associated the title with the Poem I just copy and pasted. There doesn't seem to be much information surrounding this other poem but some sources say that it was influenced by the Rudyard Kipling one. 2600:8801:FB05:E300:D02B:67B4:C1B5:45CA (talk) 21:48, 3 October 2022 (UTC)


 * The words I remember:
 * Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
 * Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
 * Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?
 * Now all the seals in Husdon's bay
 * Can beat Fuzzy's fuzz.
 * For when they patted him on his head,
 * He wasn't what he used to was, OH.......
 * Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
 * Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
 * Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he? Tgdf (talk) 21:27, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
 * Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
 * Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he? Tgdf (talk) 21:27, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Problems with 'other references' section
As is often the case, a section like other references or in popular culture becomes a rambling collection of trivia. In this article, the section drifts from entries about the poem - the actual subject of the article - to entries about other uses of the term "fuzzy-wuzzy' to refer to people who were not necessarily even the people being referred to in the poem. I've taken the bold move of removing all of the entries except the first.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 14:40, 29 November 2022 (UTC)