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A Limerick is a popular form of short, humorous verse, often nonsensical and frequently ribald. It consists of five lines, rhyming aabba, and the dominant meter is anapestic (a metrical foot composed of two short syllables followed by one long one, as in the word seventeen. 2. A line of verse using this meter; for example, “’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house”), with two feet in the third and fourth lines and three feet in the others. Examples of limerick:
"The limerick packs laughs anatomical into space that is quite economical, But the good ones I’ve seen so seldom are clean and the clean ones so seldom are comical."
"There once was a young man from Kew who found a dead mouse in his stew. Said the waiter, “Don’t shout or wave it about, or the rest will be wanting one too!”
"There was an old man from Peru, who dreamed he was eating his shoe. He woke in a fright in the middle of the night and found it was perfectly true."
The origin of the term is obscure, but a group of poets in Co. Limerick, Ireland, wrote limericks in Irish in the 18th cent. The first collections in English date from c.1820. Among the most famous are those in E. Lear's Book of Nonsense (1846).
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Apr 13 24, 23:30
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So finances deplete while you watch as you tighten your belt one more notch. Your investments still grow but inflation will show Bidenomics has you by the crotch.
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Apr 14 24, 16:19
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Well, if Biden had made your crotch itch and, distracted, veered into a ditch get an elephant tow 'cause the donkey won't show It's a good thing the beast had a hitch
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Apr 22 24, 20:02
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Hitched to beasts like the Democrat’s mule makes you hateful and act like the fool but conservative folk think you’re all a big joke that’s not funny; just petty and cruel.
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Apr 24 24, 07:46
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So you think that you're pretty and cool? Do you think that I'm some kind of fool? I'll not comment on that; keep it under my hat. I won't be femininity-cruel!
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Apr 26 24, 09:54
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Femininity’s cool if you are but your y-chromosomes surely mar that belief. Those two heads can’t be cured with some meds. You might try to be RuPaul’s next star.
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Apr 27 24, 03:49
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Being RuPaul's next star ain't for me Wearing dresses will not set me free from my struggles within my internal dust bin... things once under the rug, house debris
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May 3 24, 10:29
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House debris that’s swept under the rug decomposes. I don’t have to lug bags of trash to the curb. I don’t wish to disturb that new landfill the neighbors have dug.
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May 4 24, 06:16
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Since your neighbors have dug a new dump you've become an old grumblin' grump with complaints about smells and the gas it expels... very much like what comes from your rump.
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May 13 24, 09:29
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If what comes from your rump is too much, whether gas, solid, liquid or such; it might be that you eat the wrong food as a treat. Gluttony is a sin and a crutch!
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May 13 24, 11:13
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If in gluttony you eat your crutch you had best search around in your hutch for food to digest; you'll find that it's best not to eat metal, wood, dirt and such!
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May 21 24, 08:30
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Eating things like wood, metal and dirt is an act with which I wouldn’t flirt for they’re all hard to chew even placed in a stew and their exit from bowels… Oh the hurt!
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May 23 24, 05:47
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Yes it's best to treat gently your bowels if your life has the wisdom of owls If you just give a hoot then the subject is moot You should really stop chewing on dowels
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Jun 1 24, 10:20
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Chew on dowels? That’s the termite’s domain. I eschew what they chew and refrain from indulging in wood though the fiber is good but divesting of such is a strain.
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Jun 2 24, 15:15
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If you strain to get into your vest it is exercise I might suggest might well lessen your fat and perhaps it is that would cause eating less starch, which is best!
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