[I st=
ill smile at the clever rhythms and rhymes of a good limerick. Trust these,=
dubbed “favorites” in Limerick itself, will turn that frown up=
side down.]
=
The bottle of perfume that W=
illie sent
Was highly displeasing to Millicent;
Her thanks were so co=
ld
They quarreled, I’m told,
‘Bout that silly scent Willie sent=
Millicent.
=
~~
There was a=
young lady of Kent,
Whose nose was most awfully bent.
She followed h=
er nose
One day, I suppose —
And no one knows which way she went.
~~
As a beauty I am not a st=
ar,
There are others more handsome by far;
But my face — I don’t min=
d it,
For I am behind it;
It’s the people in front that I jar.
~~
The shoes of old Eskimo Joe
Fell apar=
t as he walked in the snow.
"Have you needle and thread?=
"
I enquired, but he said,
"No, igloo=
them not sew them, you know."
~~
There once was a girl named Irene,
who lived on =
distilled kerosene.
But she started absorbin’
A new hydrocarbon,
And since then has never benzene!
~~
=
At 16 I sighed as I hopedFor a bike like a Harley. I groped
In my pocket for cash
=
And bought something less flash;
=
Then I sat on my moped and m=
oped.
~~
=
I’m really determined and ke=
en
To start giving this house a spring clean.
I will do it=
I say,
Yes, I’ll do it today …
Well, I’ll do it tomorro=
w, I mean.
~~
[And Joel B. added verse 2 to a classic]=
Pa followed that pair to Pawtucket
Nan and the man=
and the bucket
He said to the man
You are welc=
ome to Nan
But as to the bucket, Pawtucket.=
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"