Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 12:23:54 -0600
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From: Alan Hall <ahalltoxic**At_Symbol_Here**MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: Limerick limerick
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I think the non-rhyming limerick was in the sense of the one that used to b
e in all high school English books and went something like:
A young meter-reader named Peter
Lit a match while reading the meter
[I've forgotten the next 2 lines]
And of course, it completely ruined the metre!
Alan
Alan H. Hall, M.D.
> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 14:05:46 -0400
> From: secretary**At_Symbol_Here**DCH
AS.ORG
> Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Limerick limerick
> To: DCH
AS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
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> From: "Brady Arnold" <barnold**At_Symbol_Here**x
enotechllc.com>
> Subject: RE: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety Headl
ines From Google (16 articles)
> Date: September 9, 2011 1:36:34
PM EDT
>
> Well, that gets the point across but it doesn
=92t quite rhyme.
>
> How about this
>
>
There once was a problem in Limerick
> The acid they had used was P
icric
> It was hidden away
> Until the army today
>
Blew it up for being crystallic
>
> -Brady
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