lim·er·ick ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lmr-k) n. A light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of five anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme: A A B B A .
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A Sample Desultory Phillipic - Was: Oops!, Did I Do That?
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I know a limerick is \ five lines, but I penned this instead. You'll get over it...
dave
Caractacus Potts wrote:
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On 18 Nov 2003, Bay Area Dingleberry sniffled unto rec.woodworking:
Did I mention that I give a rat's ass?
The poetry is marginal, but I can't argue with the voice of experience. Hardly what we're accustomed to, coming from you, but I'll concede your expertise in this particular matter. I would have said "bow to your expertise," but under the circumstances, bending at the waist seems ill-advised.
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:) Let's not get all mushy, or I might lose my breakfast.
Neither poetry or story-telling is my forte. 'Twas a struggle of immense proportions to come up with that little ditty. Someone pointed out that it should have been 5 lines. Like I didn't KNOW that? 'Course I did. I was employing a little poetic license...
dave
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As B.A.D.'s fantasy for Scott Cramer grows From his keyboard a pentalinear love sonnet flows At the thought of Scott's dumper Dave pulled out his thumper Got sidetracked and couldn't finish his prose
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CP,
Ok, you got a chuckle from me with that one...
Who is the mysterious Potts He posts here not a lot But when he does He creates such a buzz When he watches Scott squat
dave
Caractacus Potts wrote:
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A Troll named Bay Area Dave Was reportedly raised in a cave
What poems that he knew From the time he was two
Ended up with the line Burma Shave
Regards, Tom Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania
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Now THAT is freaky. Seriously. I was thinking about ending one of the limericks today with "Burma Shave". I'd say "great minds think alike", but that would leave me open to your sarcastic wit. But I AM serious about the Burma Shave thing. Don't do this anymore. It's scary.
dave
Tom Wats> >
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There once was a man named BAD whose postings were boring and sad after awhile thanks to my killfile I forgot all about that gonad
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Sorry, Frank, you don't quite have the gift.
dave
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