Sunday, August 17, 2008

Limericks!

Decipher these-

There was a young lady from Del.
Who was most undoubtedly wel.
That to dress for a masque
Wasn't much of a tasque,
But she cried, "What on earth will my fel.?"

A handsome young gent down in Fla.
Collapsed in a hospital ca.
A young nurse from Me.
Sought to banish his pe.
And shot him! Now what could be ha.?

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4 comments:

A said...

hello

Crudely put - limericks are like a form of childish poetry -arent they !?

I mean they arent puzzles or something Or are they

If this one is - then i certainly cant figure it out with just a once over

August 21, 2008 12:04 PM
A said...

so like Del, Wel and Fel are actually sort of words that are contextually correct but purposely misspelt to rhyme

so are masque and tasque (a mosque and task - this ones easy)

bah! weird

August 21, 2008 12:45 PM
bobo said...

there once was a girl named nin
who was pure as snow and free of sin,
her tongue couldn't say
the lone vowel a,
and na was instead forever in.

August 22, 2008 11:07 AM
Nina said...

Limericks are fun! Ever read any by Edward Lear?

so like Del, Wel and Fel are actually sort of words that are contextually correct but purposely misspelt to rhyme

Well, sort of. These aren't obvious if you haven't lived in the Us, or aren't aware of US state abbreviation conventions. So Del. = Delaware. And therefore, wel. becomes welaware (meant to sound like well aware), and fel.=felaware (which sounds like fellow wear, if you say it fast) Masque actually means masquerade, and tasque = task...

So, put together

here was a young lady from Delaware.
Who was most undoubtedly welaware (well aware).
That to dress for a masque
Wasn't much of a task,
But she cried, "What on earth will my felaware (fellow wear)?"

Similarly, Fla. = Florida, and Me.= Maine. You can figure out the rest, I'm sure! :)

Bobo: :D Bravo!

August 24, 2008 4:46 PM

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