Limericks

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Limericks should be written in English, shouldn't they?

Oh yes, they should.

They really really should.

Who' s got one?

I' ve got some.

And I' ll post one here.

Tomorrow.

In the mean time it' s your turn.

There was a young sailor from Wick,
who once felt on sea very sick,
before he turned pale,
he drank some strong ale,
this doctor’s stuff gave him a kick.

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That reminds me: I have been to Wick!

I thought so.

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Ein Wort der Warnung:

Sinnsucher, die hier einen Sinn suchen, tun solches Tun auf eigene Verantwortung.

Denn: Dieser Limerick ist völlig sinnfrei - und insofern unschädlich.

Wer wissen will, warum diese junge Frau denn einen roten und weißen Schuh trug, dem sei hiermit in aller Deutlichkeit gesagt:

Diese kluge Frau tat's nur des Reimes wegen.

*mondkalb-Modus off*


*trommelwirbel*


*trommelwirbel*

There was a young lady of Karlsruh
who wore a red and a white shoe.
When asked: "Are you Swiss?"
She said: "No! - But I kiss!"
Which confounded the people in Basle, too.

[Leier]

Oh! so I misunderstood,
I thouhgt me in German wood,
in a "Limerick"-game
without language-frame.
So I go and I take my "Hut".

Im Basler Limerick stimmt die Metrik nicht so ganz.
Ich geh dann mal wieder in die deutsche Limerick-Spielwiese.

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Wehe, ich seh eine "Serenade" in deutscher Sprache!
Oder ein "Requiem" un-latein!

LG (= Lustige Grüße)
von
cyparis

There once lived a lad down in Dundee,
who loved a maid under a plum tree.
This blossom was cute
and so was the fruit.
The lad fled to another country.

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Zitat von Seeräuber-Jenny

The lad fled to another country.

That line has a Classic ring to it!

Worthy of Faust & Gretchen.