Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cornell.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!wjh12!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!cde From: cde@cornell.UUCP (Carl Eichenlaub) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: limericks Message-ID: <6@cornell.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 18:00:56 EDT Article-I.D.: cornell.6 Posted: Tue Jul 24 18:00:56 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 01:10:59 EDT References: <3501@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept. Lines: 20 Said in a vanishing voice: There once was a young man from Hyatt Whose voice was exceedingly quiet and then one day it just faded away ....... The limerick, a verse form iniquitous Has nonetheless been ubiquitous Once Congress in session declared its suppression But people got around that by writing the last line with no rhyme or meter. Carl D. Eichenalub Cornell University