It struck me that it would be a neat idea to write a
limerick about somebody from Limerick. It
couldn’t be done. No rhymes, you see. Some places are easy to rhyme:
There was a young man
from Bombay
Who went to the toilet
one day…
Pimpsy. And it isn’t the –ick that causes a problem:
There was a young
woman from Crick
Who ate a whole cow
and felt sick…
The problem lies in the fact that Limerick
has three syllables, and the accent is on the first of them. That means you
have to rhyme the whole name, and words like dimerick and wimerick don’t exist.
Never let it be said, though… let’s try anyway.
There was a young
fellow from Limerick
Who suffered from
something called shimerick
Till a woman from Crete
Helped him back on his
feet
By rubbing some oil on
his jimerick
Limericks don’t have to be naughty, but where’s there’s
doubt it’s a reasonable presumption.
5 comments:
Nice. And i especially like the word Pimpsy, even though it isn't in your Limerick. Never heard that one before.
Looked it up... English slang for easily accomplished... but most of what i found had to do with silly rappers who "...need white bitches on [their] MySpace profile..."
Well, I heard it before rappers were invented. I don't know where it comes from, but it's probably Liverpool - again. An ex of mine who was brought up on Merseyside used it all the time.
You mean the rappers all want to know Sarah Palin now?
Ahaha! Good one! Don't leave Michelle Bachman out!
These Tea Party women have the nicest names, don't they? Shame. I think you should send them all over to me for re-education.
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