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Re: Re: I am wishing Wiley and I can have 25 years....perhaps I am a little
Whoops! That's "life", not "like"!
posted by
2902
on October 7, 2010 at 6:32 PM
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Re: Bob, you are the Limerick prince of Blogit...:)
Well thank you! Having been an English teacher for 35 years, Prince is one of the nicer names I've been called!
You probably figured this out for yourself already, but you always write limericks starting with the ending: get a good punch line or gag in 8 or 9 syllables and then work backwards from there. If you can't find two rhymes for it, re-phrase it until you can. And if you can't get all the information in, put it in the title. Thanks again!
posted by
2902
on October 7, 2010 at 6:30 PM
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Re: I am wishing Wiley and I can have 25 years....perhaps I am a little
You both seem so content. We both know that many younger folk with more years to spend squander them and grow old before their time. Ben Jonson's words occur to me: "In short measures like may perfect be".
posted by
2902
on October 7, 2010 at 6:00 PM
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Re: touche
Thank you, fellow limericker! I tried to do it with two separate ones, rather than filling in the exposition with a long title. The result was okay, but a bit more cramped than I wanted.
posted by
2902
on October 7, 2010 at 5:44 PM
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I am wishing Wiley and I can have 25 years....perhaps I am a little
ambitious but we may.
posted by
Kabu
on October 7, 2010 at 1:16 PM
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Bob, you are the Limerick prince of Blogit...:)
Seriously, you don't see that many around, so I hope you'll keep them coming every now and then...you've rekindled my own interest in the form, and I may give it a try myself...
posted by
Rumor
on October 7, 2010 at 12:59 PM
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Touche! It has been a fine marriage, indeed! lol What a fun read! sam
posted by
sam444
on October 7, 2010 at 9:33 AM
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Re:the dentist
Right. I thought I'd make that my next topic. How are you doing? We're waiting for 9
am to come so we can talk to the social worker.
posted by
2902
on October 7, 2010 at 5:25 AM
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Something to look forward to I suppose Bob. Like going to the dentist.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 7, 2010 at 4:08 AM
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