Posted Feb 1, 2002 by wonko the sane
The Science Fiction writer Isaac Asimov was a master of the Limerick:
You can't call the British Queen Ms,
T'aint as nice as Elizabeth is,
But I think that the Queen
would be even less keen,
to hear herself referred to as Liz.
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Posted Jul 15, 2003 by Lingamish
His very name is just begging for a limerick.
A polymath pundit named Asimov...
Anyone come up with the next line?
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Posted Jul 16, 2003 by Lingamish
written on intelligently
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Posted Jul 23, 2003 by Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea.
This rhyme is medically sick.
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Posted Jul 29, 2003 by Lingamish
Thanks Jon Q, I couldn't see any future for that rhyme.
How about another try:
The bright son of Asimov, Isaac
could solve algorithms with one hand behind his back
But despite this addiction
he switched to science fiction
"I make more money writing as a hack."
Oh well, leave limericks to the Brits...
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Posted Jul 30, 2003 by Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea.
What are you? Asimov was certainly not one of us.
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Posted Jul 30, 2003 by Lingamish
I'm a world child but my mum was born in Lincolnshire... but even if Asimov wasn't English the truth remains "the English are best" (at least in things limerickal!
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Posted Jul 31, 2003 by Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea.
Okay. I might let you have that. However, I reckon that the English would be the worst at Limericks in a foreign language.
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Posted Jul 31, 2003 by Lingamish
That's a terrific idea. Has anybody posted something like that?
I think I might be able to manage a Portuguese limerick:
Um marinheiro de Lisboa
viajou a Cascais por canoa,
Voltou a correr
Com as mãos a tremer
e um tubarão perto á proa.
Translation...
A mariner from Lisbon
traveled to Cascais by canoe
He returned in a hurry
with his hands trembling
and a shark near the prow.
Pat, pat on back. Whew that was tough.
Anybody got another language they can share?!?
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Posted Sep 19, 2003 by crazyhorse
just in case anyone cares limerick are irish not english in origin,,,limerick is a plce in ireland
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Posted Sep 20, 2003 by Trin Tragula
Un homme qui habite vieux Poitou
En parlant avec un hibou
A dit 'Oh la la,
Comment ca va?'
Mais l'hibou a dit seulement 'ooooo'
Appalling. Really appalling.
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