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There once was a Tuba without guarantee!
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Tubaing wrote:There once was a Tuba without guarantee!
It carried a very large fee!
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jbaylies wrote:
Tubaing wrote:There once was a Tuba without guarantee!
It carried a very large fee!
It was teacher approved.
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the elephant wrote:Guys, a Limerick has a specific rhythmic and metric form. It uses a structure of (very) basically: A, A, B, B, A...

...When we disregard these structural things we have demeaned the holy art form of the Limerick. Shame on those who damage the mighty Limerick! CONFORM TO THE LIMERICK STRUCTURE OR BE DANGED* FOR ETERNITY!
Come on Euph Guy you are turning this into AABA
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There once was an email containing spam
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Regarding Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham
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Greg wrote:
Tubaing wrote:There once was an email containing spam
Regarding Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham
It came from Aruba
on a truck full of Tubas,


not even worth finishing, let's talk Tuba.
Happy?
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not even worth finishing, let's talk Tuba.
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eupher61 wrote:not even worth finishing, let's talk Tuba.
Why not go ahead and learn to S.C.U.B.A. (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Aparatis)
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Greg wrote:
Tubaing wrote:
eupher61 wrote:not even worth finishing, let's talk Tuba.
Why not go ahead and learn to S.C.U.B.A. (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Aparatis)
then play under water
And swim like an otter
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iiipopes wrote:
Greg wrote:
Tubaing wrote: Why not go ahead and learn to S.C.U.B.A. (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Aparatis)
then play under water
And swim like an otter
These Limericks are starting to me bother.
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A bad lim'rick writer named Gerald
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eupher61 wrote:A bad lim'rick writer named Gerald
Suddenly became imperiled.
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jbaylies wrote:
eupher61 wrote:A bad lim'rick writer named Gerald
Suddenly became imperiled.
Rhyme an meter so poor
All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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jhedrick wrote:
jbaylies wrote:
eupher61 wrote:A bad lim'rick writer named Gerald
Suddenly became imperiled.
Rhyme and meter so poor
And spelling to abhor
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iiipopes wrote:
jhedrick wrote:
jbaylies wrote: Suddenly became imperiled.
Rhyme and meter so poor
And spelling to abhor
That he'd start playing a herald
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There once was a pair of chapped lips,
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jbaylies wrote:There once was a pair of chapped lips,
From which came the awful-est quips;
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -- Pogo (via Walt Kelly)
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or Jimmy Self's Fluba
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Greg wrote:
Kevin Hendrick wrote:
jbaylies wrote:There once was a pair of chapped lips,
From which came the awful-est quips;
But when connected with tuba
eupher61 wrote:or Jimmy Self's Fluba
Produced sounds like the horn on cruise ships

ouch!
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