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May 12, 2007

Limerick Day

180pxedwardlearToday is the 195th birthday of Edward Lear, populariser of the limerick. This is from his 1846 work, A Book of Nonsense:

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More here.  [Know a particularly good limerick? Leave it in the comments...]

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The rocket-schtupping limericks in "Gravity's Rainbow" are all pretty great.

Posted by: dresseuse | May 12, 2007 9:39:05 PM

An odd-bird bird-lover named Lear
Had a beautifully tuned limerick ear.
His nonsense and verse
Some better, some worse,
Give me such joy and good cheer.

Posted by: j@ne futzinfarb | May 13, 2007 1:23:32 AM

There once was a lady from Exeter,
And all the young men threw their sex at her;
One day to be rude,
She posed in the nude,
And her parrot, a pervert,
Took pecks at her.

Posted by: curty | May 13, 2007 11:20:39 AM

There was an old whore, name of Hurst,
Who in her lore was well-versed.
O'er the head of her bed
Was a banner that read
"The customer always comes first."

Posted by: Neal Deesit | May 14, 2007 4:48:48 AM

GOOD SHIT

Hey help me. I'm tripping and can't get down
Spoke with God, with the Devil and Bozo the Clown
Used my quantum legislature
To make deep love to Nature
Now please pass that hookah around!

Posted by: nick herbert | May 17, 2007 11:15:25 PM

In Salon's online Table Talk
We wrote Limericks - some good, (but most not)
What we thought was precocious
Was really atrocious
But we had a good time making schlock

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