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From: inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: My Favorite Limerick
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Date: Fri, 20-Jul-84 12:39:07 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 20 12:39:07 1984
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A friend of mine claimed that this limerick was the result of a party, where
for an activity, the guests in turn made up one line and created limericks.
It turned out that I read the identical limerick in the book "10,000
Limericks" about a year after he made the claim...

(Please be careful, o you of sensitivity, the following poem contains some
naughty thoughts)


There once was a gaucho named Bruno,
Who said, "About sex, well I do know".
Sheep are just fine, chickens, divine,
But Iguanas are Numero Uno.


 ----As you can see, I disagree with the opinion that limericks MUST have
 the five-line form, and MUST contain a pun, and MUST have certain syllables
 in certain places. The only rules I've ever held to are that they must be
 funny, and should be dirty.

The person who talked about RULES for limericks was obviously talking about
the Classical form, not the one in widespread use. For example, how about
the most famous limerick of all time:

There once was a man from Nantucket
Whose **** was so long he could suck it.
He said with a grin, as he wiped off his chin,
If my ear were a **** I wwould **** it.


Gary Benson
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